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Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.

I got more and more politically active and just followed the course of feminism and sexual liberation.

As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down the population growth rate... as a woman, I entered politics with an additional dimension - that of a mother.

I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot.

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.

Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?

I really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has been more wholesome in the political process than the increased involvement of women.