1.  As the church organized and accommodated social convention, female leadership diminished and was eventually eliminated.

2.  But she has fewer hard edges than Hillary Clinton and is less threatening to conservatives still uncomfortable with female leadership.

3.  In any case, the unusual confluence of female editorial leadership may not last long.

4.  Look for the development of female leadership, Latin style.

5.  The omen, college tradition says, encouraged a return to female leadership.