Answers Quote by Patricia Schroeder

One of the weirdest questions I've gotten on the campaign trail is, 'Are you going to run as a woman?' I'm like, 'Do I…

— Gretchen Whitmer

“Lady, you have just become a wanted woman. I suggest you start running.”

— Poppet

Do I have an option? when asked by the press if she was "running as a woman."

— Patricia Schroeder

It's not just that I'm a woman of color running for office. It's the way that I ran. It's the way that my identity…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

“Imagine that a career is like a marathon—a long, grueling, and ultimately rewarding endeavor. Now imagine a marathon where both men and women arrive…

— Sheryl Sandberg

As a woman candidate myself, I know how important it was to be encouraged to run, to think outside of the box.

— Elise Stefanik

I have always said, in my own rise in the leadership, please don't ever ask anybody to vote for me because I'm a woman.

— Nancy Pelosi

I'll never forget when I was running, when I was knocking on doors for my first office as I served as a Cleveland city…

— Nina Turner

When I got involved in politics and started running, there were questions about whether a woman could take care of her kids and serve…

— Jeanne Shaheen

When there's trouble I don't like running, but I'm afraid I got more in common with who I was, than who I am becoming

— David Berman

I think if you were to talk to women who have run, both successfully and unsuccessfully, nearly all of them would say, "You learn…

— Hillary Clinton

I try to engage women who are thinking about running for office or up-and-coming leaders to embrace the power they do have, and not…

— Laphonza Butler