There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.

What some men don't understand is that by opposing policies to reduce violence, promote equal pay and universal healthcare and voting to limit access to contraception and legal abortion, they are relegating women to another century, a time when men ruled exclusively and women were considered property and had to be guided by a firm masculine hand.

To equate a corporation with a person is a travesty of justice.

Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline.

Working moms, and increasingly working dads, don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up.

We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.

Volunteer activities can foster enormous leadership skills. The nonprofit professional volunteer world is a laboratory for self - realization.