"“In 1980 I was a reporter for a small radio station in Albany, N.Y., and somehow talked my way into getting a credential for the Democratic National Convention in New York City … I vividly remember talking to women’s rights activist Bella Abzug. I was 23 years old, but she was probably the first person who ever made me think deeply about the potential power of women in politics, something I’m still reporting on 40 years later.”"