I think doctors have really come up to speed and understand that more women than men die of heart disease. [But] all the research on heart disease has really been based on men, and needs to be updated with research on women - even very early-stage research is done using male rats!

Time spent in nature decreases stress and anxiety and improves focus for adults as well as children.

Educated people can make their own choices about their governments. And certainly for women, an education allows you to understand your rights.

You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right. If George is good at anything, it's timing.

I see that one part of the education of women is health education. We know that women who are educated have much healthier families.

I've always loved children. When I was working with children as a librarian, I loved being with them and working around them.

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.