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She quotes, "And Bob [Robben] Fleming had the presence of mind to say, "Let's bring together people with common interests and goals to see whether we can create a center that really addresses issues of poverty." It happened to be at a time when the whole country was looking at poverty. This was the very first poverty center proposal. Mel Laird, a Wisconsin Republican in Congress, brought forward the bill to create the Poverty Center, and Bob asked me to do all the legwork on this project."

The Poverty Center proposal was the first inspiration for creating Wellesley Center for Women (WCW).