NPR: Women In National Security Push To Move Beyond 'The First' And 'The Only'
““I’ve watched women go from brand-new to Washington and terrified to going through their security clearance process, and now turning around and hiring other women from our community,” she said. “They are speaking on panels, writing op-eds.”
Feldman-Piltch said she sees her role as a bridge between the up-and-coming generation and the pioneers on the Leadership Council. Together with other groups, they’ve built a brain trust that defies the old excuse of “there’s no pool of qualified women candidates.”
”I’m not foolish enough to think that it’s going to be easy, but there’s momentum, and, more than that, there is a lot of hellfire,” Feldman-Piltch said. “We’re not looking for anybody to give us more than we are due. But we want what’s ours.””
