Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.

Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.

If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.

Fair treatment in the work force is no longer exclusively a labor issue, nor is it a women's issue - it is a fundamental economic issue.

One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection.

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.