At the gym earlier in the week I saw you on TV at a school describing to the children what it’s like to live in the White House. Michelle, you made it all so vivid for the kids and for me by telling us about the bowling alley, the movie theater and the special room where candy is made--it was magical. I had the privilege of being in the White House myself last week when the President and Vice President launched their Middle Class Task Force. The White House is such a promising place.

Hillary Clinton's portrait hangs in the White House. (Nell Merlino)

The paintings and sculptures I saw in every room were so beautiful. My mother was a painter, and so is my husband; I am always drawn to paintings like the breathtaking landscapes and the portraits of Presidents which were everywhere I looked. It was not until I went in search of the ladies room--where I was asked to snap a photo for two women who were standing next to a portrait of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy--that I realized I had not seen a painted portrait of a woman until I got to the sitting room right outside the ladies room.

There were great paintings of 20th Century First Ladies--Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman, Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline Kennedy and Pat Nixon--I didn't see Nancy Reagan--and Hillary Clinton's portrait was just outside this ladies room. It clearly looked like Hillary made it out into the hall for men and women to see, mainly because there was no wall space in the powder room.

Jackie Kennedy's portrait hangs in the White House. (Courtesy of the White House Historical Association)

Mrs. Obama, where is your portrait going to hang? From my work creating Take Our Daughters to Work Day, I know as you do how critical it is that girls see and imagine themselves fitting in and belonging in every place. I know you are very busy getting acclimated and doing a fabulous job from day one, so it may take you awhile to get to this. But hopefully you will see a way to rotate the paintings of First Ladies to places in the White House where children--girls and boys and men--will be reminded that women reside and have resided in the White House, and that they have played an important role that warrants a more prominent place on the wall than the ladies room.

We all spend too much time waiting in line! Seeing these great American women touched me so deeply because it connects with the book I have coming out on March 3rd, called "Stepping Out of Line." The title came to me while waiting in an endless line for a ladies room at a thruway rest stop.  If you know anyone looking for a life makeover who is ready to stop waiting, my book is a step by step guide to creating the life you want.  My hope is that women will read it and be inspired to take their rightful place, to stand up and get what they want in work, life and love.  May we see more portraits of women who've done so in hallways all around the word in the years to come.

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