The West Wing1999

President Josiah Bartlet:
You know what I did, just then, that was stupid? I minimized the importance of the statue that was dedicated to Nellie Bly, an extraordinary woman to whom we all owe a great deal.

Abbey Bartlet:
You don't know who she is, do you?

President Josiah Bartlet:
[to himself] This isn't happening to me.

Abbey Bartlet:
She pioneered investigative journalism.

President Josiah Bartlet:
Then she's the one I want to beat the crap out of.

Abbey Bartlet:
She risked her life by having herself committed to a mental institution for ten days so she could write about it. She changed entirely the way we treat the mentally ill in this country.

President Josiah Bartlet:
Yes. Abigail...

Abbey Bartlet:
In 1890, she traveled around the world in 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes and 14 seconds, besting by more than one week, Jules Verne's 80 days.

President Josiah Bartlet:
She sounds like an incredible woman, Abbey. I'm particularly impressed that she beat a fictional record. If she goes down 21,000 leagues under the sea, I'll name a damn school after her! Let's have sex.

Abbey Bartlet:
When it comes to historical figures being memorialized in this country, women have been largely overlooked. Nellie Bly is just the tip of the iceberg.

President Josiah Bartlet:
I couldn't possibly hear about the rest of the iceberg right now.

Abbey Bartlet:
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first American woman to be awarded an MD. She founded the Women's Medical College...

President Josiah Bartlet:
Keep talking. I'm just gonna sit here and think about plutonium and the things I can do with it.