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I Just Remember When My First Child Was Born I Called The Personnel Office And I Asked Them About Their Leave Policies. And They Said, "leave Policies? Women Just Leave And They Don't Come Back." And I Said, "but I Want To Come Back." They Said, "we Have No Leave Policy." And Then They Said, "why Don't You Apply For Disability?" Well, Having A Child Is Not A Disability.

As More Women Have Gone Into The Workforce, They Find It Harder To Be A Good Mother And A Good Worker. When I Go Into The Office, I Always Feel Guilty. I'm Thinking About The Children. When I'm At Home, I'm Thinking About My Work. So You're Always Under Tremendous Pressure. Women Feel Very Stressed. They Feel Like They're Working Harder And Harder And Harder. And Society Is Not Really Helping Them.

I Have Always Been Supported By The Men In My Life, Which Is Why I Think I've Been Successful In Many Of My Endeavors. My Father Believed I Could Do Anything. He Even Wrote To Al Gore And Told Him That He Thought I Should Be His Vice President.

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

We Have Not Ratified The Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Among Women. I Think 194 Countries Have Signed Onto It, But The United States Has Not. And Cedaw To The United Nations Is What The Equal Rights Amendment Or The Women's Equality Amendment Is To The United States. I Think We Should Pass The Women's Equality Amendment And A Lot Of These Other Fights Would Go Away.