Katha Pollitt on Judy Dean

I’m with Katha — “the ongoing public inquest into Dr. Judith Steinberg makes me see, however, that we need First Ladies: Without them, American women might actually believe that they are liberated, that modern marriage is an equal partnership, that the work they are trained for and paid to do is important whether or not they are married, and that it is socially acceptable for adult women in the year 2004 to possess distinct personalities—even quirks! “ Her essay goes on to point out all the normality of the life the Drs. Dean lead — or at least led, prior to the media circus that is the primary season.