--- description: Giving credit to those who inspired her along the way, NY's junior U.S. Senator urges others to be positive role models for young women. title: This U.S. Senator Says She Didn't Succeed on Her Own image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [TIME 100 Gala](/tag/time-100-gala/) ## TIME 100 Gala Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'Not One of Us Gets Here Alone,' Notes Senator by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 30, 2014 9:05 AM CUT by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 30, 2014 9:05 AM CUT Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, one of the 41 women named among the world’s 100 most influential people for 2014, recalled three of the women who most inspired her to become a leader during a toast at the TIME 100 Gala Tuesday. She praised everyone who is a role model, mentor or sponsor to the next generation of influential women. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/82260/not-one-of-us-gets-here-alone-notes-senator/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/82260/not-one-of-us-gets-here-alone-notes-senator/"},"headline":"'Not One of Us Gets Here Alone,' Notes Senator","datePublished":"2014-04-30T09:05:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:34:31.971Z","description":"Giving credit to those who inspired her along the way, NY's junior U.S. Senator urges others to be positive role models for young women.","url":"https://time.com/82260/not-one-of-us-gets-here-alone-notes-senator/","keywords":["TIME 100 Gala","Hillary Clinton","women","New York","Influence","inspiration"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100-gala/","name":"TIME 100 Gala"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/82260/not-one-of-us-gets-here-alone-notes-senator/","name":"'Not One of Us Gets Here Alone,' Notes Senator"}}]}] ```