She is a director of the Ms. Foundation for Women.

The evening will raise money for the Ms. Foundation.

But at the same time, the Ms. Foundation has helped to form a loose coalition of groups to create an event for boys.

The Ms. Foundation, which came up with the idea, feels a certain urgency about showing the girls that they count.

But the Ms. Foundation resisted demands to include boys.

The Ms. Foundation has been particularly supportive of the children's initiative.

At the same time, the two women contributed what they would have paid to an agent to the Ms. Foundation.

She came to New York to lead the Ms. Foundation.

But the Ms. Foundation for Women thinks it has one way to begin.

If the Ms. Foundation was also to grow, it had to raise funds and provide direction for itself.