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Fourteen years before Kirsten Gillibrand been successful Hillary Rodham Clinton as senator from New York, she been told her future coach say these life-changing words: "Decisions are being made every day in Washington, if you are not part of those decisions, you might not like what they decide, and you'll have no one at fault but yourself." A young corporate lawyer at that time, Gillibrand felt as though she'd been struck by lightning. She instantly understood that her words - all women's voices - were necessary to shaping the future of this country, and this she had a greater goal in life: to speak up and result change. Now, in this extraordinary memoir, the senator, partner, and mom of two recounts her personal trip in public areas service and galvanizes women to reach beyond their busy lives and make a significant difference on the globe around them. Off the Sidelines is a playbook for females who wish to step up, whether in Congress or the boardroom or the neighborhood PTA. If women were completely symbolized in politics, Gillibrand says, nationwide priorities would transfer to conditions that immediately impact them: affordable daycare, paid family medical leave, and identical pay. Pulling again the curtain on Beltway politics, she talks candidly about her legislative successes (securing federally funded medical care for 9/11 first responders, repealing Don't Ask, Don't Notify) and her crushing disappointments (failing by five votes to go away a bill safeguarding survivors of sexual assault in the military). Gillibrand also stocks stories of growing up the little princess and granddaughter of two trailblazing feminists in a politically energetic family in Albany, New York, and retraces her nonlinear way to general public office. In Off the Sidelines, Gillibrand is the tough-love aged sister and cheerleader every female needs. In her well-defined, genuine, and refreshingly relatable words, she dares us all to utilize our inner durability, find personal fulfillment, and speak up for what we should believe in.
