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In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, take a moment to watch the below video from Voice's own Kelly Corrigan. Grab a tissue and make sure to wait for the last frame in black.

Valerie Jarrett, Presidential adviser and chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, penned a fascinating article on the gender gap in working wages. In 1963, women earned fifty-nine cents for every dollar made by a man; today, that gap has only been narrowed by eighteen cents. And women are routinely paid less than men even when they have similar levels of experience and education. Making the strong point that the nation's economy is adversely affected by this disparity, Jarrett's piece is thought-provoking. With so many women leading single-parent families, this gap needs to be narrowed, and soon.

A female leader, that is. Julia Gillard has been named prime minister of Australia, winning election in June but this week being formally named as the result of a coalition agreement among political parties in Australia's parliament. As Time points out, Gillard joins a growing list of female world leaders. But how long might it be until the President of the United States is a woman?