Elizabeth Emken Quotes

And Republican women have always been the backbone of our party. We do the work, we are strong believers in conservative values. Having more of those voices in place at a state level is going to be a great improvement for us as a party.

As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having the race conversation so that we can get women further on. You know, a female president now that we have an African American president. Maybe we can get an Asian female, a gay person?

I grew up in a highly political home. My mother was the co-chair of the 300 Group, an organisation whose aim was to get more women MPs into parliament, and she herself stood in the 1987 election, the year before she died.

Many women in politics say they had very few, if any, female role models.

Women are not only deciding the outcome of elections, they serve as important role models for their daughters and other young women - they hold a key to expanding the way in which women value and experience politics.

I would love for there to be a female president.

So I hope women will consider a life in politics. We need women, you see. We need them.

After the #MeToo movement, I told my team to hire as many women as possible. So there are always a lot of women in my team. I talk to them and they read the script and come up with their own suggestions.

The Conservatives don't need more women. They need women like Karren Brady.

What fascinates me is that when we look at the history of women in politics, so frequently the women who get the farthest are the women who are quite conservative in their political views.

Do I want more women elected to Parliament? Absolutely. I devote significant amounts of time to getting more women in that situation.

We need to do a better job of mentorships and role models to bring other young women along so that there's more women in our boardrooms, there's more women here in the United States Senate and in Congress. I think there's an important role for women to play.

That more women are getting involved in politics - either by running for office, managing campaigns or voting - is a great thing.

I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.

I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of only three in the developed world.

I think having Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House is going to send a very wonderful lesson to the American public that women can be strong, they can be tough, they can be effective, and they can lead this country as political leaders.

In politics, they found there were not enough females in the House of Commons, so they came up with the idea of shortlists having to have women on them.

Politics is a potent way to empower women.

We can celebrate how far we've come from our sexist past when women and men are equally represented in the pages of science fiction anthologies.

Women hold up more than half the sky and represent much of the world's unrealized potential. They are the educators. They raise the children. They hold families together and increasingly drive economies. They are natural leaders. We need their full engagement... in government, business and civil society.

In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.

I have spent my whole life trying to prove that women can get into politics. I'd now say to them, 'For God's sake don't do it - you'll get slaughtered.'

The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities, through legislation and other means, and to increase women's representation in politics, which has led to recent increases in the number of female politicians.

The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.

To anyone in the position to hire women directors: Make the commitment.