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By Carol Evans

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As the founder and President of Working Mother Media I have been involved with the advancement of working moms for 30 years. I am often a keynote speaker on the subject of work-life balance, the advancement of women, barriers facing women of color, and leadership. When asked to appear on major talk shows including The Early Show, The Today Show, Oprah, Good Morning America, PBS's To the Contrary and on hundreds of radio shows or to comment in newspapers nationwide, I love to tell the world how hard working mothers work to keep their families and the businesses they work for moving and growing. I told many of my stories in the award-winning book: This is How We Do It: The Working Mothers' Manifesto.

Join me in this amazing conversation. By the way, I would not be a working mom without my two great kids - all grown up - Julia Rose and Robert Scott; and my husband Bob Coulombe is by my side every step of this journey. Let me know what you are thinking!

Hillary Speaks

Posted on August 27, 2008

"We love you!" shouted a man in the audience. He wanted Hillary to know, at the beginning of her speech, that we really do love her. I wanted to shout with him, but I was already misbehaving terribly for a press member. I am here as press, but I couldn't disguise my feelings when Hillary came into the Pepsi Center tonight. I stood and I shouted and I whistled and I sent her my love just like the people on the floor of the convention.

Her speech was amazing, and capped an amazing day for me. I loved her comment about "my sisterhood of the traveling pantsuits." And watching her in her orange pantsuit I could believe that a woman will someday be president of this country.

She was very healing. She was very convincing. She was very genuine. I can put aside my disappointment now.