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"       Who: Stephanie Schriock, President, Emily&amp;#039;s List Power Play: In 2011, when Elizabeth Warren, then a special assistant to President Obama, was undecided about running for Congress, she got the Stephanie Schriock treatment. Over Warren&amp;#039;s kitchen table in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Schriock used her warmth, humor, and the promise of support from EMILY&amp;#039;s List to persuade Warren to run. &amp;quot;We talked about the change that could come with her election,&amp;quot; Schriock says. Fast-forward to today, and the now Massachusetts Senator Warren is a leading light in the Democratic Party, often mentioned as a potential contender for the Oval Office. Money Talks: As head of EMILY&amp;#039;s List (an acronym for the campaign saying, &amp;quot;Early Money Is Like Yeast&amp;quot;), Schriock, 41, oversees a multimillion-dollar war chest and works to unleash the barely tapped power of women as candidates at all levels.  Backstory: It wasn&amp;#039;t an obvious idea in the 1980s, when the political action committee was founded: &amp;quot;There needed to be a force to get people to see that women could be candidates,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;EMILY&amp;#039;s List needed to change the mind-set of the party.&amp;quot;         The Numbers: Schriock&amp;#039;s skills (developed as a campaign manager for Minnesota Senator Al Franken, among others) paid big dividends in the last political cycle: The organization raised $51.2 million to help elect 27 female candidates, giving women a record 18.5 percent share of Congress. &amp;quot;Our job is to grab our sisters by the arms and bring them through those doors\u2014together,&amp;quot; she has said. &amp;quot;Because it&amp;#039;s not just about taking a seat: It&amp;#039;s about taking half the table.&amp;quot;  Get Involved: emilyslist.org or donate here Related: 19 Other Women Who Are Changing the World Photo via Peter Hapak "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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