I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The women's movement was always going to work in two parts. With one part, we'd break open the doors that were closed to women, and with the other part, we'd walk through, transforming society for men and women. Turns out it was a lot easier to open the doors.
Most of us believe that women can do what men do. The challenge is to convince employers, legislators, mothers, that men can do what women do.
Throughout my career I have been an advocate for women, in all aspects of their lives.
I know a lot of the work that paved the way for women happened before I was around... I was never that feminist girl demanding equality, but maybe that's because I've never really faced inequality.
The women's movement is just a symptom of basic changes in the economy that are favoring women.
I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.
I think the Women's movement has had a major impact on everybody's lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
I've always championed women in politics. We just get stuck in; politics isn't a game. The decisions we make affect people's lives, and that is something we must all keep to the forefront of our minds.
I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or children - except to bring in the money.
I don't think I was a catalyst for the women's movement.