Here’s something I didn’t know about the Route 66 town of McLean, Texas — its mayor and five (ahem) aldermen are all women. According to the Associated Press, it’s the only town in which all the elected officials are female.
And, boy, there are some great quotes with that story:
“We have people skills, and we’re a lot better to look at than most guys.”
“There’ve been a few soreheads who think women can’t do this but they didn’t run.”
“Women can change a diaper, stir a pot of stew, take a phone call and use a leg to drag a toddler out from under the counter [,,,] We don’t mind asking questions and saying we don’t understand something.”
And I bet a few of those women in McLean’s government also help run the Devil’s Rope Barbed Wire Museum, which doubles as a Route 66 museum. If so, the town’s in good hands.