Those "mannish," "ruthless" women, Hillary and Nancy

I find articles like "The Myth of the Iron Lady" in today's Post, regarding people's perceptions of female leaders, very interesting. It's particularly thought-provoking to me because I still have my reservations about Hillary Clinton-- but as a young female voter, I really, really want to like her.
One female leader that I more confidently can get behind is Nancy Pelosi. I think she is a highly skilled politician capable of balancing the responsibilities she has to her very liberal SF constituency with those she has to the country as Speaker. Could it be that I have an affinity for Ms. Speaker because she's been able to play up her warm persona? After the Democrats' victory in Nov. '06, she mentioned her five children and six grandchildren so many times, I felt like I knew her family better than mine. And then there was the horde of children surrounding her as she was sworn in as Speaker. I rolled my eyes at all this at the time, but maybe it seeped into my psyche.

To go along with this article's use of Wikipedia, it's worth noting that the entry on Clinton is full of references to her "polarizing force" in the subsection about her image; by contrast, Pelosi's entry mentions little about her image. Maybe that just means, based on other female leaders' entries, that people recognize the great potential in Clinton?