Betsy Myers

Sisterhood is powerful. In the case of the Myers sisters, the feminist slogan takes on a literal ring. Older sister Betsy Myers is following younger sister Dee Dee Myers--The White House press secretary--to an executive job in the Clinton Administration. That's despite the warning that Dee Dee Myers delivered in a sisterly chat Monday as they sat in the yard of their parents' home in Santa Clarita. "It's an unforgiving town," the younger sister said.

Sisterhood is powerful. In the case of the Myers sisters, the feminist slogan takes on a literal ring. Older sister Betsy Myers is following younger sister Dee Dee Myers--the White House press secretary--to an executive job in the Clinton Administration. That's despite the warning that Dee Dee Myers delivered in a sisterly chat this week as they sat in the yard of their parents' home in Santa Clarita. "It's an unforgiving town," the younger sister said.

Sisterhood is powerful. In the case of the Myers sisters, the feminist slogan takes on a literal ring. Older sister Betsy Myers is following younger sister Dee Dee Myers--the White House press secretary--to an executive job in the Clinton Administration. That's despite the warning that Dee Dee Myers delivered in a sisterly chat this week as they sat in the yard of their parents' home in Santa Clarita. "It's an unforgiving town," the younger sister said.

Sisterhood is powerful. In the case of the Myers sisters, the feminist slogan takes on a literal ring. Older sister Betsy Myers is following younger sister Dee Dee Myers--The White House press secretary--to an executive job in the Clinton Administration. That's despite the warning that Dee Dee Myers delivered in a sisterly chat Monday as they sat in the yard of their parents' home in Santa Clarita. "It's an unforgiving town," the younger sister said.

California has nearly double the number of small, women-owned businesses as any other state, according to a government report released Monday--a reflection of widespread support networks for female entrepreneurs here. Nationwide, women-owned businesses increased 43% from 1987 to 1992, far more than the 26% increase for small businesses as a whole, according to the report. Women's small businesses made up more than a third of the nation's 17.3 million small businesses.

Betsy Myers assumed her post in an under-furnished office across the street from the White House this week with little fanfare but considerable symbolism. The Southern California businesswoman heads a new White House outreach unit devoted to women, and her arrival signals a heightened emphasis on what may be President Clinton's most important slice of the electorate. Female voters favored Clinton over George Bush by an eight-point margin in 1992.