AGE: 52
OCCUPATION: Co-founder of MomsRising.org and MoveOn.org
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: In a nation where 67% of women with children are employed, it's hardly surprising that an advocacy group would coalesce. And it's hardly surprising that one of the minds behind political-action website MoveOn.org would be behind it. You can read more about Blades' advocacy for mothers in her Huffington Post blog...
CON: ...where you'll also find this reminiscence of a recent protest against breast-milk-infiltrating fire retardants: "We sang about brominated and chlorinated chemicals to the tune of Frère Jacques."