The Well-Spoken Woman (37 page)

1
. “Dr. Angelou Honored by Oprah Winfrey and Denzel Washington,” 7:08, filmed 1992, video 13 of 16,
http://mayaangelou.com/media/video/
.

2
. Academy of Achievment, “Maya Angelou Interview,” January 22, 1997, page 5 of 9,
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ang0int-5/
.

3
. Bob Minzesheimer, “Maya Angelou Celebrates Her 80 Years of Pain and Joy,”
USA Today
, March 26, 2008,
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-03-26-maya-angelou_N.htm
.

4
. Alicia Keys, “Alicia Keys Inducts Prince,” speech, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum, Cleveland, OH, March 15, 2004,
http://rockhall.com/inductees/prince/transcript/alicia-keys-inducts-prince/
.

5
. Maya Angelou, “Remarks at the Funeral Service for Coretta Scott King,” speech, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Lithonia, GA, February 7,2006,
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mayaangeloueulogyforcorettaking.htm
.

6
. “Caroline Phillips: Hurdy-Gurdy for Beginners,” TED video, 5:41, from TEDGlobal 2010 conference, filmed July 2010, posted September 2010,
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/caroline_phillips_hurdy_gurdy_for_beginners.html
.

7
. “Robin Chase on Zipcar and Her Next Big Idea,” TED video, 13:43, from TED 2007 conference, filmed March 2007, posted January 2008,
http://www.ted.com/talks/robin_chase_on_zipcar_and_her_next_big_idea.html
.

8
. Laura Bush, “Remarks at White House Correspondents Dinner,” speech, Washington, DC, April 30, 2005.

9
. “Maya Angelou (2 of 5),” YouTube video, 8:23, from interview by Armstrong Williams from
On Point
, posted by “arightside,” September 2, 2008,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXKxZpRytrM&feature=related/
.

10
. “Dr. Angelou Receives a 2008 Gracie Grand Award,” 5:42, filmed May 28, 2008, video 8 of 16,
http://mayaangelou.com/media/video/
.

11
. “Sylvia Earle's TED Prize Wish to Protect Our Oceans,” TED video, 18:16, from TED2009 conference, filmed February 2009, posted February 2009,
http://www.ted.com/talks/sylvia_earle_s_ted_prize_wish_to_protect_our_oceans.html
.

12
. Mary McLeod Bethune, “The Sacrifices and Achievements of African American Women over the Past 100 Years,” speech, Chicago Women's Federation, Chicago, June 1933.

13
. Sarah Brady, “Gun Violence in America,” speech, Democratic National Convention, Chicago, August 26, 1996.

14
. Susan B. Anthony, “The Constitutional Argument,” speech, Monroe and Ontario Counties, NY, June 1873,
http://gos.sbc.edu/a/anthony.html
.

15
. Barbara Mikulski, “Floor Speech on Lily Ledbetter,” Washington, DC, June 18, 2008,
http://democrats.senate.gov/checklistforchange/images/Floor%20Transcript/Senator%20Barbara%20Mikulski.pdf
.

16
. Carly Fiorina, “Commencement Address,” speech, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC, May 7, 2005,
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2005/tc2005059_6954.htm
.

17
. Mary Fisher, “A Whisper of AIDS,” speech, Republican National Convention, Houston, TX, August 19, 1992,
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/maryfisher1992rnc.html
.

18
. Carrie Chapman Catt, “Speech before Congress,” Washington, DC, January 1, 1917,
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/cattcarriec/a/cong_1917_speec.htm
.

19
. J. K. Rowling, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination,” speech, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, June 5, 2008,
http://harvardmagazine.com/2008/06/the-fringe-benefits-failure-the-importance-imagination/
.

20
. “Speech by Meryl Streep Given at National Women's History Museum's ‘Our Nation's Daughters' Gala,” Washington, DC, September 21, 2010,
http://www.nwhm.org/html/about/press/featured_press/MerylsSpeech.pdf
.

21
. Academy of Achievement, “Maya Angelou Interview,” January 22, 1997, page 2 of 9,
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ang0int-2
.

CHAPTER 8: CONQUERING THE CAMERA

1
. Suze Orman, interview with the author, December 30, 2010.

2
. Isabelle Goetz (owner Isabelle Okyo Salon), in discussion with the author, November 3, 2010.

CHAPTER 9: THE ART OF DIPLOMACY

1
. Tammy Baldwin, interview with the author, July 12, 2010.

2
. Madeleine Albright, interview by Oprah Winfrey,
The Oprah Winfrey Show
, January 2001.

3
. Madeleine Albright, interview by Ed Bradley, “Madam Secretary,”
60 Minutes
, CBS, February 9, 1997.

4
. Madeleine Albright,
Madam Secretary: A Memoir
(New York: Hyperion, 2003), p. 69.

5
. James Bennet, “Standoff with Iraq: The White House; Bad Vibes from the Heartland Launch Fleet of Finger Pointers,”
New York Times
, February 19, 1998,
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/19/world/standoff-with-iraq-white-house-bad-vibes-heartland-launch-fleet-finger-pointers.html
.

6
. Roxanne Rivera, “Building Towers, Razing Sexism,”
New York Times
, September 19, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/jobs/19pre.html
.

7
. Stephanie Schriock, “EMILY'S List Majority Council Meeting,” speech, Washington, DC, April 29, 2010.

8
. Dana Milbank, “Nancy Pelosi the Liberal House Speaker Is Heckled by Liberals,”
Washington Post
, June 9, 2010,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/08/AR2010060804327.html?hpid=opinionsbox1/
.

9
. “Sen. Kay Hagan Blasted by Outraged Parent,” YouTube video, 2:00, from interview by Bill O'Neil, WXII 12 News, Kernersville, NC, filmed August 18, 2010, posted by “WXIItv,” August 18, 2010,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW5PE4OxW0o/
.

10
. Albright,
Madam Secretary
, p. 205.

11
. Ibid., p. 240.

12
. Madeleine Albright, interview by Ed Bradley.

13
. Steven Harmon, “Fallout from Whitman Voting Controversy May Be Lasting,”
Oakland Tribune
, September 30, 2009.

14
. “Elizabeth Edwards on Facing Life's Adversities,” interview by Michele Norris, NPR, May 7, 2009,
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103895496/
.

15
. Roxanne Roberts and Amy Argetsinger, “Meghan McCain Plays Hooky from Book Tour, Gets Caught via Her Own Tweet,”
Washington Post
, September 24, 2010,
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2010/09/rs_meghan_mccain.html
.

16
. Madeleine Albright with Elaine Shocas, Vivienne Becker, and Bill Woodward,
Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box
(New York: HarperCollins, 2009), p. 20.

CHAPTER 10: THE WELL-SPOKEN SISTERHOOD IN FLATTERING PANTS

1
. Ana Brashares,
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
(New York: Dell Laurel-Leaf, 2005).

2
. Liz Halloran, “Framing Health Care Debate as Battle of Sexes,” NPR, October 22, 2009,
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114011389/
.

3
. Hillary Rodham Clinton, “Remarks to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women Plenary Session,” speech, Beijing, China, September 5, 1995,
http://clinton3.nara.gov/WH/EOP/First_Lady/html/China/plenary.html
.

4
. Ibid.

5
. Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Living History
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003), p. 303.

6
. Ibid., p. 305.

7
. Ibid., p. 306.

8
. Hillary Rodham Clinton, “Remarks Upon Receipt of the Roosevelt Institute's Four Freedoms Award at the Roosevelt Institute's Four Freedoms Medals Gala Dinner,” speech, Roosevelt Institute's Four Freedoms Medals Gala Dinner, New York, September 11, 2009,
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/09/129164.htm
.

9
. Barack Obama, Democratic Presidential Primary Debate, Manchester, NH, January 5, 2008,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=76224#axzz1Oqcd5H67/
.

10
. Maria Parra-Sandoval, question to Hillary Clinton, Presidential Primary Debate, November 15, 2007,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=76041#axzz1Oqcd5H67/
.

11
. Ann Richards and Peter Knobler,
Straight from the Heart: My Life in Politics and Other Places
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989), p. 178.

12
. Ibid.

13
. Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, “Margaret Anderson Kelliher: From Farm to Summit Avenue?”
Star-Tribune
, April 18, 2010,
http://www.startribune.com/politics/91274434.html
.

14
. Sandra Day O'Connor, interview by David Letterman,
Late Show
, CBS, June 23, 2009.

15
. Joan Biskupic, “Ginsburg ‘Lonely' without O'Connor,”
USA Today
, January 25, 2007,
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-01-25-ginsburg-court_x.htm
.

16
. American Psychological Association, “Sexualization of Girls” (Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2007). Available at
http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/girls/report.aspx
.

17
. Geena Davis, “Introduction to the Sexualization Protest: Action, Resistance, Knowledge (SPARK) Summit,” video, Hunter College, New York, October 22, 2010,
http://www.sparksummit.com/2010/12/01/in-case-you-missed-the-opening-ceremonies/
.

18
. Girl Scouts of the United States of America, “Body Image,” 2011,
http://www.girlscouts.org/research/facts_findings/body_image.asp
.

19
. Pat Summitt and Sally Jenkins,
Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You Do
(New York: Broadway Books, 1998), p. 31.

20
. Jill Alper, interview by the author, November 18, 2010.

21
. Dana Perino, “Panel Discussion on the Media,” speech,
NoLimits.org
conference, Washington, DC, November 6, 2009.

22
. Vinca LaFleur, interview with the author, November 3, 2010.

23
. Wilma Mankiller, “Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation,” speech, Sweet Briar College, VA, April 2, 1993,
http://gos.sbc.edu/m/mankiller.html
.

24
. A. J. Jacobs, “The Real Tina Fey,”
Esquire
, April 13, 2010,
http://www.esquire.com/features/tina-fey-funny-quotes-040710/
.

25
. Ann Lewis, interview with the author, December 8, 2010.

26
. Celinda Lake, interview with the author, December 21, 2010.

27
. Lynn Sherr,
Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
(New York: Times Books, 1995), p. 132.

28
. Anna Howard Shaw with Elizabeth Jordan,
The Story of a Pioneer
(New York: Harper & Brothers, 1915), p. 240. Published 2008 by Project Gutenberg, ebook #354, available at
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/354/
.

29
. Molly Meijer Wertheimer and Nichola D. Gutgold,
Elizabeth Hanford Dole: Speaking from the Heart
(Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004), p. 62.

30
. Shirley Bloomfield, interview with the author, December 23, 2010.

31
. Hillary Clinton, “Remarks on Student Activism at Wellesley College,” speech, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, November 1, 2007,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=77072#axzz1Oqcd5H67/
.

32
. Hillary Clinton, “Address at the Democratic National Convention in Denver: ‘United We Can Build a Better America,'” speech, Denver, CO, August 26, 2008,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=78527#axzz1Oqcd5H67/
.

33
. Clinton, “Remarks on Student Activism at Wellesley College.”

34
. Hillary Clinton, “Women's Progress Is Human Progress,” speech, United Nations, New York, March 12, 2010.

35
. Ibid.

EPILOGUE

1
. “Jane Goodall: Reason for Hope,” YouTube video, 59:23, from speech at Joan B. Croc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego, filmed April 17, 2008, posted by “UCtelevision, May 9, 2008,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3FEWKdIvcA/
.

2
. Michael Scherer, “The New Sheriffs of Wall Street,”
Time
, May 13, 2010,
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1988953,00.html
.

3
. Elizabeth Warren, interview by Jon Stewart,
The Daily Show
, January 26, 2010,
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-26-2010/elizabeth-warren/
.

4
. Daniel McGinn, “The Debt Crusader,”
Newsweek
, April 20, 2009,
http://www.newsweek.com/2009/04/10/the-debt-crusader.html
.

5
. Ibid.

6
. Eleanor Roosevelt,
You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
(Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1960), p. 38.

7
. Blanche Wiesen Cook,
Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume One, 1884–1933
(New York: Viking, 1992), p. 340.

8
. Roosevelt,
You Learn by Living
, p. 41

9
. Eleanor Roosevelt (attributed), BrainyQuote,
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/eleanor_roosevelt_2.html
.

10
. Wiesen Cook,
Eleanor Roosevelt Volume One
, p. 340.

11
. Sheryl Sandberg, “It's All about People,” speech, Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) MIXX Conference, October 15, 2010.