If They Work for Me, Maybe They'Ll Vote for Me

By DAVID ELLIS

Faced with the lowest approval ratings of his presidency, George Bush is courting the female vote for 1992. One sign: he is thinking of packing the Cabinet with women. Joining LYNN MARTIN (Labor) and CARLA HILLS (Trade) may be BARBARA FRANKLIN, a management consultant, slated for Commerce. WENDY GRAMM, head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, might take over at Transportation. "It would be the first time a President has four women in his Cabinet," exults a Bush adviser. "It's our new campaign strategy."

With reporting by Wendy Cole