“My true passion is creativity,” says Jennifer wong, who launched a preg-nancy app with her husband. She poses here in front of the crib that will belong to her second child.

“Plain and simple, I needed a job that would allow me to take care of my daughter,” saysSandy Adams(here in her D.C. office) of the decision that started her on a path to Congress.

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