We want this - and I - we hope that right when they come back, that the Congress passes the Lilly Ledbetter Act which would correct the Supreme Court decision that was just recent that essentially guts wage discrimination law. It's been in place for years. It was gutted by this Roberts Court. We want it to be reversed by legislation. We hope that Congress passes it and that is on the desk for [Barack] Obama to sign as one of his first acts once he's sworn in. So it - I could go on, we have quite a well-developed list.
We have so few women in Congress. We are so underrepresented and whether we like it or not, we are in area - in an era that still the women, the hand… - 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 an era that still the women, the hand…
- Eleanor Smeal
I've known Carolyn [Maloney] for years, by the way. I knew her when she was on the City Council and knew her when she was - when she was running, and… - Eleanor Smeal
I've known Carolyn [Maloney] for years, by the way. I knew her when she was on the City Council and knew her when she was - when she was running, and…
Since the 1950s (until the early 1990s), girls in Kabul and other cities attended schools. Half of university students were women, and women made up … - Eleanor Smeal
Since the 1950s (until the early 1990s), girls in Kabul and other cities attended schools. Half of university students were women, and women made up …
There's no question in my mind but that rights are never won unless people are willing to fight for them. - Eleanor Smeal
There's no question in my mind but that rights are never won unless people are willing to fight for them.
The gag rule is, is that if any program receiving United States funding for Family Planning cannot mention, cannot speak the word "abortion" in the T… - Eleanor Smeal
The gag rule is, is that if any program receiving United States funding for Family Planning cannot mention, cannot speak the word "abortion" in the T…
We think that Hillary [Clinton] will be a symbol and a reality for the women of the world, and it's very important because so many - so many underdev… - Eleanor Smeal
We think that Hillary [Clinton] will be a symbol and a reality for the women of the world, and it's very important because so many - so many underdev…
We've spent too much on how to destroy and blow up things with the military and too little on our health care, and too little on education, and it go… - Eleanor Smeal
We've spent too much on how to destroy and blow up things with the military and too little on our health care, and too little on education, and it go…
We think it's so important that we get [Carolyne] Maloney in that seat [in Congress]. It's one of the reasons; we also think that she is a unique per… - Eleanor Smeal
We think it's so important that we get [Carolyne] Maloney in that seat [in Congress]. It's one of the reasons; we also think that she is a unique per…
[We need to push] for what we want, not just what we can get. - Eleanor Smeal
[We need to push] for what we want, not just what we can get.
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