Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?

To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they may be right or not. They enjoy the fight, whether it is with words or fists. Women still tend to shy away from controversy, to be uncomfortable with competition.

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

Simply put, when women do well, everybody does better.

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

Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?

If we are to create a new agenda for family/work policies, employers and employees have to take a seat at the same table and recognize their mutual gains.