When Elizabeth Warren was first approached to run for public office in 2011 by Emily's List president Stephanie Schriock, she said no. She had a plan for her life and government service was not a part of it. As she tells this story at Monday’s Emily’s List Eastern Regional Conference in New York, the 300-person audience erupts in laughter. It is hard to picture Senator Warren (D-Mass) doing anything other than igniting government into action.
“It is not about any one of us individually; it is about the issues we push forward,” Senator Warren said to a room of almost entirely women, calling out women’s health care, freedom of choice, social security, Medicare, and equal pay for equal work as key issues to focus on. “We have a chance to build an America that treats women like full and equal citizens,” she said, “but we have to fight for it. And me, I am out there to fight for it.”
When Elizabeth Warren was first approached to run for public office in 2011 by Emily's List president Stephanie Schriock, she said no. She had a plan for her life and government service was not a part of it. As she tells this story at Monday’s Emily’s List Eastern Regional Conference in New York, the 300-person audience erupts in laughter. It is hard to picture Senator Warren (D-Mass) doing anything other than igniting government into action.
“It is not about any one of us individually; it is about the issues we push forward,” Senator Warren said to a room of almost entirely women, calling out women’s health care, freedom of choice, social security, Medicare, and equal pay for equal work as key issues to focus on. “We have a chance to build an America that treats women like full and equal citizens,” she said, “but we have to fight for it. And me, I am out there to fight for it.”