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Posted on Fri, Apr. 16, 2004

Teen's big dream endorsed




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Dear Readers: I have printed some of the responses I received from people offering encouragement to the 13-year-old girl who dreams of becoming president of the United States. My office has been flooded with terrific messages of support for her, and I am printing more them today. Read on:

Dear Abby: I am a 14-year-old girl writing in response to "I Have a Dream." I was enraged when I read her letter. Tell her to never let the fact that she is female get in her way and to hold her head high. She is an avant-garde thinker ready for the future, surrounded by a bunch of backward, out-of-date idiots.

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Be strong, stubborn and positive that you'll get there, and you will accomplish your dream. You go, girl! — Enraged Teen Feminist, Rochester, N.Y.

Dear Abby: I was taken aback by the fact that "I Have a Dream's" teacher laughed at her when she said she wants to be president of the United States. His inappropriate response was merely a demonstration of his own lack of ability. To say a 13-year-old girl cannot aspire to be president is as absurd as telling Arnold Schwarzenegger, a poor immigrant weightlifter, that he cannot become governor of California. — Jim Donovan, author of "Handbook to a Happier Life"

Dear Abby: I am 60 years old. When I was her age, a woman had four choices: office worker, wife, nurse, teacher. My sister was told she couldn't go into computers because that was "a man's job." My daughter is extremely good with computers and uses them at her job in finance, another field that was closed to women in the past.

A woman certainly will be president. Women have already run major countries. To name a few: Golda Meir in Israel, Indira Gandhi in India and Margaret Thatcher in England. "I Have a Dream" should run for president of her class and the student council. She should seek office in her town, her state and her country. If she's not elected, she should analyze her defeat and run again. She will succeed. — Carolyn Augustine, Lakewood, Wash

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