DR. MARTHA BURK Political Psychologist & National Expert On Women's Issues Author: “Your Voice, Your Vote: The Savvy Woman’s Guide to Power, Politics and the Change We Need” “Martha Burk spends her time breaking barriers for women.” -- Augusta Chronicle (Georgia) This week's guest on REPORT FROM SANTA FE, Dr Martha Burk, political psychologist and national expert on women's issues, gives a timely and important run-down on the place and power of women in the American political system. She discusses breakthroughs in the business sector, such as finally allowing women into “male only” golf clubs where major business deals are made. Dr Burk's recent book, “Your Voice, Your Vote: The Savvy Woman’s Guide to Power, Politics and the Change We Need,” outlines major issues facing women in the upcoming election, and outlines the stances of both political parties while giving some startling revelations of policies that were in place until recently. Martha Burk empowers women to cut through the double-talk, irrelevancies, and false promises, and to focus directly on what's at stake for women in the 2012 election and beyond. Burk takes on every political issue that is on the table, from abortion to Social Security, global women’s rights, child care, and elder care, and talks about how they specifically relate to women’s lives. Quote: "If you cannot control when and whether you are going to have children, then you can’t control your economic life. And I think women are smart, they are going to make that connection. It has been pushed on us so strongly in this election that just making that connection between those fundamental choices and your life outcomes in the work place, whether you can get hired, whether you can get fired for being pregnant - all of that is going to come together and I think women will vote their own interest.” Dr. Martha Burk