George W. Bush has appointed dozens of women--more than any other president--as senior White House staff.

• Author: Threadgill, Susan
• Position: Who's Who

George W. Bush has appointed dozens of women--more than any other president--as senior White House staff. But his latest appointment won't earn any plaudits from feminists: Attorney General John Ashcroft recently named Nancy M. Pfotenhauer, president of the conservative Independent Women's Forum to the National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women, a group that advises the Justice Department on implementation of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. But the IWF not only opposed the 1994 legislation; it went to court to try and stop it from becoming law and has attacked it...