Every Day is Election Day: Rebecca Sive at TEDxCarletonCollege

Rebecca Anne Sive '72 is the author of "Every Day Is Election Day: A Woman's Guide to Winning Any Office, from the PTA to the White House" (August 2013), a no-nonsense guide for women who want to be influential and powerful public leaders. A founding member of the Illinois Human Rights Commission, Rebecca has been a public official, a leader of many public-interest organizations, including NARAL: Pro-Choice America; an adviser to other women leaders, including many of the women featured in "Every Day Is Election Day"; and an organizer of women's issues agendas for presidents Carter, Clinton and Obama.

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