Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and this is Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.

I am thrilled to be here today with Senator Kirsten-Brand, who is a United States Senator for the

state of New York. She was first elected to Congress in 2006, where she served as the representative to the 20th Congressional state of New York. She was first elected to Congress in 2006, where

she served as the representative to the 20th Congressional District of New York. She joined

the U.S. Senate in January 2009 at age 42 when she was the mother of a young son. She was

initially appointed to the Senate by Governor David Patterson, when Hillary Clinton became

Secretary of State leaving the seat unfilled.

Senator Gillibrand then ran a special election in 2010 and won.

She was re-elected to a six-year term in 2012 with 72% of the vote and is currently running for re-election.

She is the author of Off the Sidelines, Speak Up, Be Fearless, and Change Your World, with the Forward by Hillary Clinton.

She also just wrote a children's book, which is coming out November 13th called Bold and Brave 10 heroes who won women the right to vote. A magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth, she currently lives in upstate New York in Washington, D.C., with her husbands and two sons, ages 13 and 9. I get that right? 10 and 14. 10 and 14. They keep getting older.

Well, thanks so much for coming on months and have time to read books. This is such a treat. I'm delighted. Thank you for inviting me. Of course. So why did you decide to write a children's book? Why this topic and why now? Well, I was asked by a friend of mine who works at the publisher. And I was so excited to be asked because I

love the topic of the women who really ran the suffrage movement and what they accomplished

and how they accomplished things. And I really felt like it was important to write this book

at this time. I really wanted to capture what people were feeling after the election and the

fact that we elected Trump, which has not represented our values as mothers, as daughters,

as sisters, and has really undermined women's rights. But I wanted to talk about that women

have overcome moments like this. And so talking about each of these women, what they accomplished

was something I was really excited to do. How did you pick this selection of women? I read a ton of biographies

about the suffragists and what they accomplished. And I picked 10 women who I felt really did something

unique and did something particularly brave at the time or particularly bold at the time.

And I wanted to represent how widespread the women's suffrage movement was and that there were

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