Posted on 10/21/2003 11:57:06 AM PDT by Paloma_55
WASHINGTON (AP)--Patricia Ireland, a prominent women's rights advocate, has been dismissed after six months as chief executive of the YWCA of the U.S.A.
Dorris Daniel-Parkes has been named interim director by the National Coordinating Board of the YWCA, the organization said.
``We have the deepest admiration for Ms. Ireland's dedication to women's issues and social justice, but the YWCA has proved to be the wrong platform for her to advocate for these issues,'' board chairwoman Audrey Peeples said in a press release.
A spokesman for the YWCA did not immediately return a phone call Monday night about the dismissal Thursday, first reported in this week's Newsweek magazine.
Ireland, a former president of the National Organization for Women, was named YWCA's chief executive in April. At the time she said she planned to bring new energy into the 145-year-old organization, increasing its national prominence and political activism.
Ireland said members of the board had met with her in New York and first asked for her resignation, The New York Times quoted her as saying in a story for Tuesday editions. She said she declined because she did not want to give the impression she had ``jumped ship.''
``I was uncharacteristically speechless,'' Ireland said. ``There had been no notice.''
Ireland speculated that her dismissal may have come from two things, the Times said. In recent years the YWCA had been more focused on restructuring than on advocacy, she said, and her enthusiasm for advocacy might have ``raised some disquiet in some quarters.''
Ireland also said reported opposition from conservative groups after her appointment ``set this relationship off on a somewhat difficult course.''
Founded in New York in 1858 as the Young Women's Christian Association, the YWCA now has more than 300 branches in the United States providing child care services, educational programs, employment training, job placement and shelter for women and families. It recently moved its headquarters to Washington.
Ireland spent a decade as NOW's outspoken president, helping lead opposition to Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court nomination and spearheading efforts to preserve abortion rights. She has also worked as a Washington lobbyist and adviser on equal employment opportunity issues.
Daniel-Parkes has been with the YWCA for more than 15 years. She most recently served as the group's former director of human resources.
Is Pat Ireland a Christian?
I thought one of the fundamental elements of Christianity is that you don't murder your children, in or out of the womb?
I couldn't believe they ever hired her. Kinda like hiring Hitler to be the leader of the JDL.
I suspect the sleepers within the YWCA didn't like the light being shined upon them. Most likely, a pile of athiests and lesbos operating inside there today.
Ireland is basically a "professional complainer", and probably doesn't have much in the experience of running an organization which actually deals with payrolls, procurement, property administration, etc etc etc. YWCA probably realized that Ireland was basically unqualified for the job.
I think you may be right. I'm not aware of any controversial statements made by Ireland lately, so it's a good possibility that this was a financial decision.
Leftists don't found charitable organizations, they just take over the ones founded by conservatives. In doing so, they are careful not to disturb the packaging--that would give away the game.
Imagine a solid chocolate Easter bunny, hollowed out, filled with ordure, and repackaged in the original wrapper. There you have a paradigm for the YWCA and all the other Gramscian institutional takeovers perpetrated by the left over the last century.
Bon appetit!
But Patricia Ireland is a lightning rod and even her stridency and shrillness would turn off suburban soccer moms. The tap must have turned off awfully quickly for the Y to have canned Miss Ireland after only seven months.
Sounds to me like some key members of the organization hit the roof when Pat was hired. Internal pressure.
You would think. Anyway, don't let the door hit you on the way out Patricia.
So that would make her a "Professional Bitch" I guess ;>
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