As Women Slowly Gain Power, Their Values

Obama Has Made America Cool Again - And More Than That, He's Made His Own Brand Arguably The Most Powerful The World Has Ever Known.

On The Day I Started College In 1979, No Woman Had Ever Been On The United States Supreme Court Or Served As The Speaker Of The House. None Had Been An Astronaut Or The Solo Anchor Of A Network Evening News Broadcast. Not One Had Been President Of An Ivy League College Or Run A Serious Campaign For President.

My Job Is To Be A Spokesman - The Spokesman, I Suppose - For The President, For The White House, To Do The Daily Briefings, To Manage The Press Corps In Terms Of Travel, Day-to-day Needs, Access, Interviews, All Those Issues.

Every Press Secretary Faces An Enormous Amount Of Information. Events Move Really Fast. You're Responsible For A Tremendous Amount Of Information, And Again, A Tremendous Amount On Competing Agendas. Not Everybody Grease In The White House.

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 Never Gave A Minute's Thought To What Would Happen If We Won. When We Did - And I Became The First Woman To Serve As White House Press Secretary - It Changed My Life. But It Didn't Change The World.