"I can look back and say that really was an important thing to have happen because, you know, people did see a woman running for national office. But I also have to say something to you: It's not only — it wasn't only the campaign. It wasn't only the election. Since then, I have to tell you the number of women who have come up to me and said to me, thank you for doing that. And I say, well, I appreciate it. And they say, well, no, no. You don't understand. Because if you hadn't done it, I would not have ... And I cannot tell you the number of things they attach to the end of that word — have.
"They've run for office, gone back to school. They've taken control of their lives. One woman told me she got a divorce, since I ran. I said, oh, I don't want to take credit for that one. But, you know, it was — it's amazing how many people have said it made a difference in my life. It made me feel different. It made me understand. One state senator from Michigan said to me, she was sitting there and she said, all of a sudden, I realized I was worth something."