Nancy Pelosi thinks a woman will be elected president, but 'maybe not' in her lifetime

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that women aspiring to higher office face not just a "glass ceiling" but a far tougher "marble ceiling." 

During an interview with USA Today's Susan Page — published Saturday — Pelosi was asked whether she believed a woman would be elected president during her lifetime.

"I certainly hope so," she responded. "I always thought that a woman would be President of the United States long before a woman would be Speaker of the House."

Pelosi predicted that a woman would be elected to the Oval Office within the next generation. "I think it's probably − maybe not in my lifetime, but within this next generation, there'll be a woman," she told Page.

The California Democrat recalled that the men who ran things — or the "poor babies," as she referred to them — were less than welcoming towards her when she made her entrance to Congress.

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