I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.

I am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first time that people came to terms with the reality of what it meant to have a Senate made up of 98 men and two women.

The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.

For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977

we need to turn the question around to look at the harasser, not the target. We need to be sure that we can go out and look anyone who is a victim of harassment in the eye and say, 'You do not have to remain silent anymore.

The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life

I work every day to live up to my mother's model. She was a very proud woman. And she really prepared me to go off into the world as a proud daughter.