 The organization also focuses its lobbying efforts on the state-level around those three areas.The "founding mothers," Steinem, Carbine, Pogrebin and Thomas, wanted to foster the collective power of women, and they also believed that women who faced discrimination and inequity in their own lives had the wisdom and expertise to advance social change that would benefit everyone.The Ms. Foundation, as an organization, was planned to seed and strengthen women's grassroots organizing around the country and strive to create a vibrant, inclusive feminist movement in which everyone's voice was visible, valued and heard.