Maybe we weren't at the Last Supper, but we're certainly going to be at the next one.

If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century - and the economy - around.

Congress is a middle-aged, middle-class, white male power structure ... no wonder it's been so totally unresponsive to the needs of this country.

the women's movement, not only here in the U.S., but worldwide, is bigger and stronger than ever before and in places where it has never been. It has arms. It has legs. And most importantly, it has heads.

I am not elevating women to sainthood, nor am I suggesting that all women share the same views, or that all women are good and all men bad.

In the face of so much pain, I remain an incurable optimist. I am fueled by the passion of the women I have been privileged to meet and work with, buoyed by their hope for peace, justice, and democracy.

When I was a young lawyer, working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.