I was supposed to be women's lib and now I'd exceeded it and gone over into international politics.

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

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.

In politics the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly.

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in there's something wrong with American politics.

A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey there are votes in this!

Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work.

In the melting pot that is America inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women young adults or minorities alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics.

When I first started working in politics as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign it never occurred to me that I would one day work in the White House. There were plenty of women among the volunteers who stuffed envelopes and walked precincts. But there were fewer and fewer on each successive level of influence and access.

It isn't fate but fecklessness that has shoved Sarah Palin to the sidelines of national politics. The real tragedy is that she's taken a lot of other serious Republican women with her.

As women have played an increasingly important role in politics there is no question that they've brought a different perspective focusing attention on a broader set of issues and building alliances with other women.

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

At present our country needs women's idealism and determination perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.

They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.

Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something.

Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm well-being and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga.

I'm perfectly happy when I look out at an audience and it's all women. I always think it's kind of odd but then more women than men I think read and write poetry.

Because in fact women feminists do read my poetry and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care that's what poetry is supposed to do.

It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated unlike poetry which is more equal.

Women are treated as unjustly in poetry as in life. The feminine ones are not idealistic and the idealistic not feminine.

Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry.

On Memorial Day I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets who started preaching peace men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live.

It is by such means as the prize offered by your Committee that the attention of the world will be focused and that men and women will be inspired to greater efforts in the interest of peace.