Leadership Quote by Sara Gideon

Every congresswoman surely endures the same strains that drive some of her male colleagues to have affairs: lots of travel, families far away, heady…

— Hanna Rosin

I've been here a long time working for women. These are long years and this is an unusual legislator.

— Eleanor Smeal

We have so few women in Congress. We are so underrepresented and whether we like it or not, we are in area - in…

— Eleanor Smeal

You can see the absence of women in governing bodies from Congress to state legislators, on corporate boards, in tenured positions in academia, and…

— Gloria Steinem

The press always causes a certain amount of hesitance for people who are considering entering public life. So simply encouraging women to enter politics,…

— Kerry Healey

Women administer the home. They set the rules, enforce them, mete out justice for violations. Thus, like Congress, they legislate; like the Executive, they…

— Margaret Chase Smith

I think housework is the reason most women go to the office.

— Anonymous

Politics is still the man's game. The women are allowed to do the chores, the dirty work, and now and then--but only occasionally--one is…

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

Women have gained access to the institutions, but not enough power to overhaul them.

— Ellen Goodman

Women's voices aren't heard often enough. Congress should reflect the population, but with only 20 percent women in the Senate and 18 percent in…

— Kirsten Gillibrand

Unfortunately, too few women take the risk of running for political office or assuming positions of influence. As a result, our voices are not…

— Deborah K. Ross

The advancements that women have made are very threatening to men in the job place. There haven't been that many women in politics. If…

— Carly Simon