--- title: Hillary Clinton Calls for a Women's Movement' in 2014 and Beyond description: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for a women's “movement” on economic issues ahead of the midterm elections canonical: https://time.com/3398922/hillary-clinton-women-2014/ author: Jay Newton-Small article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-18T18:15:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:42.331Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Calls for a Women's Movement' in 2014 and Beyond og:description: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for a women's “movement” on economic issues ahead of the midterm elections og:url: https://time.com/3398922/hillary-clinton-women-2014/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd98ca514ea02d31/6986a428f983e7691704fb8f/hillary-clinton1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5043 og:image:height: 2837 og:image:alt: Hillary Rodham Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Calls for a Women's Movement' in 2014 and Beyond twitter:description: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for a women's “movement” on economic issues ahead of the midterm elections twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd98ca514ea02d31/6986a428f983e7691704fb8f/hillary-clinton1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Calls for a Women’s 'Movement' Ahead of Elections > Sponsored content. 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Charlie Neibergall—AP  by [Jay Newton-Small](https://time.com/author/jay-newton-small/)  ## Jay Newton-Small Sep 18, 2014 6:15 PM UTC Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for a women’s “movement” on economic issues ahead of the midterm elections. “These issues have to be in the life blood of this election and any election,” the presumed 2016 Democratic front-runner said. “We need people to feel that they’re part of a movement, that it’s not just part of an election, it’s part of a movement to really empower themselves, their families and take the future over in a way that is going to give us back the country that we care so much about.” Clinton was speaking on a panel at the liberal Washington think tank Center for American Progress. Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who shared the stage with Clinton on Thursday, have pushed to make women’s economic issues the forefront of the party’s 2014 campaign. Democrats lost the female vote in 2010 for the first time since the Reagan era, and with it control of the House and six Senate seats. They are trying to avoid a similar Republican wave this year. “Why now? What is our strategy? Well, it’s because we want women to vote,” Pelosi told the crowd. The issue is also near and dear to Clinton’s heart. Many of her advisors from her failed 2008 campaign say that, in retrospect, she should have emphasized the historic nature of her campaign more. Clinton lost women to Barack Obama in nearly half the primaries they fought. As Secretary of State, Clinton focused on bolstering international support for women and girls. In her second political appearance after resigning from that office more than a year ago, Clinton kept her focus on those topics. “We talk about a glass ceiling, but these \[minimum wage\] women don’t even have a secure floor under them,” she said at the time. The Democratic leaders lamented Thursday what they called Republican obstruction of the women’s economic agenda in Congress. The GOP has blocked Democratic efforts to raise the minimum wage—which disproportionally affects women—to $10.10 an hour, to fund universal pre-Kindergarten and other expanded child care efforts, paid maternity and paternity leaves and paid medical leave. Clinton noted that by stymying women’s access to the workforce, the U.S. leaves 10% of increased GDP “on the table.” “The argument is grounded in reality, but unfortunately the reality is not the context that these decisions are being made,” Clinton said. “Unfortunately, the Congress… is living in a reality-free zone. 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