With people descending upon Denver from all directions and all walks of life, one of the biggest themes this week at the Democratic National Convention is Women. Women voters, women candidates and future women leaders. This year for the first time we have a woman Speaker of the House and a viable woman candidate who nearly clinched the Democratic nomination, so there's a lot to celebrate. And tomorrow is the 88th anniversary of the day when women were granted the right to vote.

Now we have little girls saying "I want to be president" and we can actually begin to believe it may happen in our lifetimes. But there's still a lot of work to be done - we need more women to step up and run for office to become leaders locally, statewide and nationally. The Unconventional Women event today focused on just that. Featuring Speaker Pelosi, Senator Boxer, Marie Wilson, Donna Brazile and many more amazing women and sponsored by a wide range of exciting organizations including The Women's Campaign, The White House Project, Forum Foundation, Latina Initiative, and Women's Voices, Women Vote.

When Speaker Pelosi first took the stage, it was as if a historic moment was happening. Every person in the house stood and cheered for her and her achievement. It lasted quite a while as we all knew we were seeing someone special before us. She spoke about what it was like to be the first woman party leader in the history of our nation, meeting behind closed doors with the president, vice president and other party leaders and how she felt as if all of the suffragettes were sitting there with her. She spoke about her new book, Know Your Power and how she learned to give herself credit and pull strength from within to become a stronger leader. "We have a situation - America desperately needs many more women in government!"

The message - as Speaker Pelosi said - is in getting more women to run and in getting more women elected. The Women's Campaign sought to in one day collect names of 1500 women to encourage to run for office, the same number of nominations they received all last year. They said they would easily achieve that goal. It's important for organizations like The Women's Campaign to seek out and cultivate these women and provide resources for them. The White House Project does that as well, on a nonpartisan level. For Democratic pro-choice women, EMILY's List trains and supports women candidates, and Emerge America - now with affiliates in seven states - provides a year-long rigorous training program for women who want to take their training to the next level. Think about it.

We know at WomenCount that it's not enough just to train women - we have to support them financially. Tomorrow's launch event is about inspiring, envisioning and raising what is necessary to keep increasing the number of women elected. Join us here for the full story and help us make history on Women's Equality Day. Women have the majority in the vote, but we are still by far a minority when it comes to governing. The incredible women featured this week at the DNCC are showing us all what's possible.