When you read it in your head, how does this sound?

"It's not just because the women were mothers, though that's part of it. It's that men gravitated toward the committees where they could raise money. It was about power. The men loved taxes, infrastructure, the appropriations committee. They loved the appropriations committee. I spent my time on the health and human services committee. That was better."

~ Rep. Lois Frankel as told to Mattie Kahn

"Lois Frankel Interview - How Motherhood Inspired..."

https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a45364/rep-lois-frankel-why-i-ran/

Learned about her experiences AFTER

"The First-Term Washington State Senator Who Prays for the Confidence of a Mediocre White Man"

https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a45488/rebecca-saldana-interview-washington-state/