We've Come a Long Way, Baby...

even though our president would like to roll that back.

As a reminder: On this day in 1908, Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announced that "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles."

Less than 90 years later, Newt Gingrich (Rethuglican '08 prez candidate) stood before a class and explained that women couldn't be in combat because we get infections in fox holes.