A few weeks ago President Obama addressed me and my peers at University of Colorado at Boulder on the issue of student loans.

He also addressed the importance of being engaged citizens of our communities. One way to be engaged is to be informed. I was browsing his website and found The Life of Julia—a timeline of one woman’s life from age three to 67.

Check out the timeline, which shows what policies Obama has in store for a woman over the course of her life in comparison to those of Mitt Romney.

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Lindsay Friedman is a senior studying environmental science and sustainable development at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is an intern at elephant journal and has a part time job at The Fitter. She is also a leader of a local food campaign on campus called CU Going Local. She is a true Chicagoan turned mountain girl. Follow her on twitter: Laine0315.