Nine Out Of Ten Adult Americans Have

When I Started Working, Women Were Working At 59 Cents To The Dollar. We Got A Raise, But It's Still Unfair. We're Still 16 Percent Of Congress, Even Though We're 51 Percent Of The Population. We're A Low Percentage Of Our Ceos. We're A Low Percentage Of Boards And Being Part Of Boards.

Nine Out Of Ten Adult Americans Have A Checking Account. It's The Most Widely Used Financial Services Product In The United States.

You See We're A Country That Talks About Family Values. But We Haven't Passed Anything To Help Family Values Since The Family And Medical Leave Act. And The Family And Medical Leave Act Was One Of The First Things I Voted On When I Came To Congress. It Was Very Thrilling To Me, Because When My First Child Was Born, I Was Terrified Of Being Fired. When My Second Child Was Born, I Was A Member Of The City Council, And In Some Ways It Was Easier To Respond To 250 Constituents Than It Was To Respond To One Employer.

A Friend Of Mine Was Married To An Assistant Church Pastor Who Regularly Beat Her Up. He Was Smart ?- He'd Do It In A Way That The Bruises Didn't Show. For The Longest Time, She Dealt With It. Who Would Believe The Minister Was A Wife Beater?! Meanwhile, My Friend ? - An Attorney! ? - Suffered In Silence.

Healthy Moms Mean Healthy Families. When My Republican Colleagues Held A Hearing About Birth Control And Refused To Include A Single Woman On The First Panel As A Witness, I Asked, "where Are The Women?"