Author Jo Piazza writes that Philadelphia is in dire need of a different kind of leadership, the leadership of a woman.
The job of mayor is not a glamorous one, especially not when it comes to being the mayor of America’s poorest large city.
In the fall of 2023, Philadelphians will have the chance to change the future of our city. In the face of skyrocketing crime, a struggling school system, and a dire lack of affordable housing, we can no longer accept the status quo. Voters need to choose something completely different on Nov. 7, 2023. They need to choose Philadelphia’s first woman mayor.
When we choose to elect a woman, we are choosing to elect someone with vastly different experiences living in our city than male leaders, someone who can bring the point of view of a community that has long been marginalized in our city. For too long our city has been largely led by straight cisgendered men, the majority of them white and highly educated. They are not representative of the majority of the people they govern , and when that is the case, issues get missed or overlooked.
The fact that we haven’t yet had a female chief executive in the city doesn’t necessarily boil down to an inherent misogyny here in Philly. The number of successful female councilmembers suggests that Philadelphia’s electorate is willing to elect women.
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