(Note: you can see video from this event on our YouTube channel )

The following is an account written live at the WomenCount launch event at the Democratic National Convention by members of the MOMocrats :

We just got started... Governor Jeanne Shaheen is speaking.  Currently running for Senator in New Hampshire.  Says she can beat John Sununu, with our help.  She would be 1st woman Senator from NH and the first woman governor to become a senator.

Jehmu Greene, Political Director of WomenCount, emceed the event, noting that this is the launch of WomenCount.org, which will be the equivalent of Moveon.org for women.

Tracey Brooks from New York 21 is introduced.

She wanted to thank Carolyn Maloney who came to her region to say "we need to send another woman to congress from New York state. Time to stand up to special interests, time to make government accountable to communities, families to the people." People are hungry for change, tired of the direction the country is going. "I am change. I will be first woman from my district to head down to Washington."  Three in 90 years from the state. "I will work side by side with you for the next 30 years. to ensure pay equity, a woman's right to choose, that President Bush cannot say that contraception is a form of abortion."

Inviting you to website: TraceyBrooks.com and you can help send another woman to Congress who will be part of our future a very long time.

Welcome to Christine Jennings who will be challenging Burr Buchanan. Most expensive race the last time; she lost by only 367 votes last time. We have to get behind her and help her to win this time.

Jennings is running in Florida 13, Kathatine Harris' old seat. "That's the seat where I lost by 369 votes." "I want to tell you about Stephanie Tubb Jones. #2, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and the third is Hillary Clinton. Let me tell you what she did for me in October 2006, she did a fundraiser that Carolyn Maloney attended. Hillary and Bill Clinton separately called me to tell me I'd won that race.  She called a second time. We need women like that, women who are organized, who are there for the long haul. What the people need from all of us running is leadership. It's the leadership that's missing from this country and all the issues. I've been a banker for 40 years. I understand fully. You win by the power of money at the grassroots level, at this. this is such a wonderful new idea of the PAC that you started. My oppononent is one of the wealthiest people in Congress. This time my opponent has had lawsuits filed against him in the last 90 days. I need your help. I'm going to represent you - help me get there and thank you for the opportunity."

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney: "Thank you for supporting Women Count. We all saw the importance that they played in the historic race of Hillary Rodham Clinton adn the candidatees they are supporting. We will not stop until the population is 51% of Congress and the corporate boards and every other area of society."

"I had a dream about my good friend Hillary Rodham Clinton. she was dressed in purple like the suffragettes. And she was in a meeting with Justice Roberts and Justice Alito and she won the argument."

"It's a national scandal that we still do not have health care for the 9/11 rescue workers. Hillary will see to it that they and everyone will have health care."

"Her candidacy was the best of times and the worst of times. I'm so proud of her. she gained. she earned 18 million votes. and she raised more money than any other candidate in history except Barack Obama. I am standing taller and I believe every woman is standing taller. Thank you Hillary Cliinton for being there and running and doing so well."

"But it was also the worst of times for women because we saw the dark underbelly of sexism and misogyny, and like Ginger Rogers who did everything backwards and in high heels, women have more barriers to break. Someone should write a book, about women who have come so far yet still have obstacles."

Greene: "As Madeline Albright says, 'There's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women'." "I share with you that we have not passed a family friendly law since 1993, the Family Leave Act. 15 years. Most families need the second income, even though we only earn 73 cents to the dollar. We can get out there and make that difference. It is up to the women, it is up to you, vote for yourself, vote for a woman, thank you for supporting this organization."

Now introducing the Congresswoman from Florida, Debbie Washington Schultz.

Congresswoman Schultz: Of the 240 women who have served in the House of Representatives, 70 are serving now. Take a look at the candidates at the WomenCount site - take a look at all of these candidates and support them.  "Tonight will be a fantastic celebration of Hillary Clinton's candidacy."

"We need you to join us in this movement... to get this organization launched... with some of the most amazing women I've worked with."

Acknowledging the  the founders of WomenCount: Rosemary Compasano, Susie Tompkins Buell, Amy Rao, Stacy Mason

"This team - with your help, if you join our team, we will not just get language on sexism and gender bias on the Democratic platform; we'll get it on the Republican platform." (Jehmu Greene)

Greene: "With your commitment... a woman will be president!"

Tearful tribute to Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones. Jehmu: "As the Director of Women's Outreach for the DNC, I met this woman - the first African American woman to become a Congresswoman and I was nervous... I remember that Stephanie walked into that room and the first thing I noticed were her shoes... Stephanie always wore comfortable shoes because the fight she was engaged in in her lifetime, she had to be comfortable... she was kicking, when necessary, and this woman, when she walked into my office, she extended her arms with the biggest hug and the biggest smile... for ten years, I had the opportunity to be mentored by her, to learn from her.  But the last year, when she picked-up the phone and with a nudge and a bigger push, said 'you have to speak out for Senator Clinton... and we need your voice.'  If Stephanie was in this fight, I was in this fight... it is for Stephanie and Stephanie's cause that we are now launching this organization."

(Cheers as Hillary and Chelsea Clinton enters)

Senator Clinton recognized all of the congresswomen who are present, and she recognized today as the 88th celebration of women's suffrage.

"We cannot be deterred.  We cannot be divided." "I have served in the Senate and I do not want to see progress subverted for four more years with a Republican in the White House... but what it so great about our country is we don't sit around wiaiting for our government to do things... that's where citizen activism has always made a difference.  The march toward women's suffrage that ended in 1920 with the passage of the 19th Amendment started in 1848 with the Women's Rights Convention in New York..."  Women kept at it, she said, and WomenCount is one of the organizations that takes on that good work... "WomenCount will continue to stand up against the pervasive bias that we saw in the media.  WomenCount will continue to stand up and be a voice for those who feel that they are left out and left behind.  There is so much work to be done and this is exciting and energizing work."

She thanked everyone for working so hard for her.

"I will be there with you, I will work with you." "We have made a lot of progress... but we have a lot more to do.  So join with us, be part of this ongoing effort to realize the promise of America and the lives of Americans." 

Senator Clinton remained to sign posters and talk with women supporters. Then she introduced CongresswomanSheila Jackson Lee (before heading to the EMILY's List gala.)

Jackson Lee: "Thank you for giving me the opportunity..."

Written by MOMocrats Glennia Campbell, Donna Schwartz Mills and Sarah Granger.