Briggs Carriage Bookstore welcomes Madeleine Kunin, who will present her new book, Pearls, Politics and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead, which she wrote in hope of inspiring her peers to seek local, state and national office and to enter the political arena. Among her many accomplishments, Madeleine Kunin was U.S. deputy education secretary, ambassador to her homeland of Switzerland, and made history as the first woman governor of Vermont, serving from 1985 to 1991. Her book's message is straightforward: “If we are to better address problems such as access to health care, family leave, education, global warming, and war and peace, America needs an infusion of new leadership. For women to imagine themselves in charge they have to hear the stories of the women who are.”