How many are there in a book? http://beeg.in.net/ beeg .com One by one, they stood for their applause, though we also took a moment to remember Margaret Thatcher: "Whether or not you agreed with her politics, she showed women they could be leaders." Teresa Graham, as outgoing chairman and all-round force-of-nature, also got her well-deserved acknowledgement, too. (And as my friend, fellow invitee and TIME Editor-at-Large Catherine Mayer, said to me at one point: "I used to think events like this were self-congratulatory. Now I realise: women need all the recognition and congratulation we can get, because there’s still way too little of it.") Bring. It. On.