A new children’s book about Hillary Clinton by author Michelle Markel titled Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born To Lead, has a hilarious graphic showing groups of famous men from the 1950s, including Albert Einstein, Edward R. Murrow, Elvis Presley, Jackie Robinson, and President Eisenhower, among others, with captions reading:
In the 1950’s it was a man’s world. Only boys could grow up to have powerful jobs. Only boys had no ceilings on their dreams.
Girls weren’t supposed to act smart, tough, or ambitious. Even though, deep inside, they have felt that way.
But in the town of Park Ridge, Illinois, along came Hillary.
The author might want to note successful women were around before Hillary — a few examples:
Nobel Prize in Physics, 1903: Marie Curie
Nobel prize in Literature, 1909: Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1911: Marie Curie
American women’s suffrage: 1920
Nobel Peace Prize, 1931: Jane Addams
Golda Meir, prime minister of Israel: 1969
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of England: 1979
There were some guffaws on Twitter:
Hey remember the women's suffrage movement? Complete lie, women didn't get the right to vote until Hillary convinced men to give it to them.
— Joe Pontillo (@JoePontillo) October 23, 2017
Quite a pity that Marie Curie, Barbara Jordan, Billie Jean King, Clara Barton, Eleanor Franklin, & Margaret Mead didn't exist, isn't it.
— J. R. Tomlin (@JRTomlinAuthor) October 23, 2017
"Only boys had no ceilings..." -- um, all the black men in my family beg to differ, Hillary.
— PositiveTrifecta (@KristianneMrsC) October 23, 2017
It's a good thing this is inaccurate, because if Hillary were the first woman allowed to enter working world, she would also be the last.
— M0ser (@TM0s41) October 23, 2017
That movie I saw about Hillary when she was a philosopher at the library of alexandria was pretty good
— ScaremyGorebyn️ (@ubadbromommy) October 23, 2017