Chosen Quote by Madeleine Albright

The interesting part is, that being the United States Secretary of State, most places I went didn't have a problem with me being a…

— Madeleine Albright

When I ran for secretary of agriculture in Iowa in 1996, people... were sure that Iowans would not consider electing a woman to that position.

— Patty Judge

I never dreamed about one day becoming Secretary of State. It's not that I was modest; it's just that I had never seen a…

— Madeleine Albright

You had to be tough to be a female member of Congress.

— Geraldine Ferraro

When I ran for the Senate, I ran to bring change to Washington, not simply to become a woman senator.

— Amy Klobuchar

I had more problems with the men in our own government, and not because they were male chauvinistic pigs but because they had known…

— Madeleine Albright

When I joined Bill Clinton's start-up presidential campaign in 1991, I was confident that women would play an ever more important role, but I…

— Dee Dee Myers

I am the first to admit that were I not a woman, I would not have been the vice-presidential nominee.

— Geraldine Ferraro

“Women have traditionally took secondary roles to men. I want to be the boss not the secretary.”

— Bianca Frazier

I was that sort of obnoxious girl, I remember being 10 at careers things where people were talking about becoming secretaries and I said…

— Dido Harding

When I was a kid, I wanted to be in business or politics, like a CEO of a big corporation or a U.S. senator.…

— Chelsea Manning

You have to build your credentials as a candidate, not just as a woman. You also have to be willing to exercise power. We've…

— Madeleine M. Kunin