I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.

I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something.

All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.

There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly, slowly, sometimes so quietly that you don't realize it until you start looking back.

I'm not the only one who feels the sting of continually losing.

I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.

During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service.