A life in politics -- Profile : Mary Wollstonecraft -- The barriers -- Profile : Betty Friedan -- How do you become a politician? -- Profile : Bella Abzug -- Women and leadership -- Profile : Alice Paul -- Yes, gender does make a difference -- On the inside : playing by the rules, power, and working with the jerks -- Women presidents -- Being the leader -- Profile : Gloria Steinem -- A women president in the United States? -- Profile : Abigail Adams -- Women helping women get elected -- Profile : Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Where do we go from here? -- Profile : Simone de Beauvoir.