“There were only 10 other women in the House of Representatives when she first took office. So there was a sense of struggling alone, and a sense of bucking up against opposition every time you opened your mouth — either opposition or erasure every time you opened your mouth.” — Wendy Mink
“I think that when people are in that kind of circumstance as the trailblazers or the only people allowed into the room, they develop a strong sense of accountability to the people outside the room, to the people who put her there.” — Wendy Mink |
