Condoleezza Rice, former US Secretary of State, has at the age of 55 never been married. She has no children. She has been romantically linked to only one man, in 1970, and that alledgedly ended because "the relationship would not work on an intellectual level."
Condoleezza Rice was the first woman in the history of the United States to hold the position of National Security Advisor (under the Bush Administration 2001-2005). She was the first black woman, the second African-American (after predecessor Colin Powell) and the second woman (Madeleine Allbright being the first) to hold the office of US Secretary of State (under the Bush Administration 2005-2009).
She was named "Most Powerful Woman in the World" by Forbes magazine in 2004 and 2005, and ranked second on that list in 2006.
In addition, Condoleezza appeared on Time magazine's "World's 100 Most Influential People" list four times. There are only six other people in the world who have made the list that frequently.
Yet if she were to visit my hometown, all people would say is "Shame, she's still not married."
In a world full of women that claim to be so "liberated," a woman's worth is apparently still based on the husband she does or does not have.
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