On her 70th birthday, Hillary Clinton was an honoree at the Women’s Media Awards, becoming the organization’s inaugural recipient of their Wonder Woman Award—and who better to fit the bill? As Women’s Media Center co-founder Jane Fonda said in her opening remarks, Clinton has for years been changing lives and ensuring that women’s rights are human rights and vice versa.

“Over the years, I’ve watched Hillary break glass ceilings and champion women and girls and fight for human rights domestically and internationally by [leading with] compassion and passion and dedication,” Fonda said. “She has accomplished so much, all in the face of extremely toxic masculinity. She gets down, but she bounces right back, and that’s never been more true than right now when the person least qualified in history to be president of the United States is president.”

Below, is the full transcript of Clinton’s speech, a rousing, 15-minute call-to-arms for equality of the sexes in the work place and on the national stage, and in the end, an insistence that we “not grow weary doing the good that we need to do.”

What a great way to celebrate your birthday. I can’t imagine any better place to be with better company than all of you, and I just have to tell you how really touched and honored I am. Thanks to the Women’s Media Center and thanks to the extraordinary women, the legendary co-founders, Gloria, Jane, Pat, and Robin Morgan, who couldn’t be with us tonight. They saw what needed to be said and done years ago, and doesn’t it seem like they were ahead of their time? And the work that lies ahead is even more important.

I want to congratulate all of the honorees. Each one of you fill me with hope for the future. And I want to thank my dear friend and former senior policy adviser Maya Harris. Thanks, also, to Julie Burton and Laurie Embrey and Janet Dewart Bell and everyone who helped make this evening possible.

And honestly, it really is exciting to receive the first Wonder Woman Award. Yes! I, um, I saw the movie. I loved the outfit. My granddaughter was really keen on Wonder Woman, so I thought maybe I could borrow something from her for the night. It didn’t quite work for me, but I will say that this award means a lot to me because as a little girl, and then as a young woman, and then as a slightly older woman, I always wondered when Wonder Woman would have her time, and now that has happened.

Now, as hard as it is to believe, there is still a lot of work to be done, isn’t there? Last year, when I was pursuing the presidency, I ran into people, both women and men who thought sexism and the struggle for women’s equality was so over—a thing of the past, ancient history. But what a difference a year makes. The past 12 months have proven in so many ways that the struggle is just as urgent and vital as ever, and that means the work of the Women’s Media Center is, as well.

You know, back in the 1972 presidential election, the reporters who would travel with candidates were called the boys on the bus, remember that? And then in 2016, people were saying, “Well, these are the girls on the plane.” So, yes, there’s been some progress—people didn’t travel on buses as much. I just wanted to give a few comments because, clearly, some of the best, smartest, bravest reporting is coming from women today. But women still have fewer bylines, are less likely to be quoted in stories, and when it comes to covering sexual assault, reproductive rights, or any other issue, that’s a problem.