Bonnie Campbell doesn’t think of herself as a particularly influential person.

However, the editors of Time magazine thought enough of her to say she is.

Campbell, who is the former attorney general of Iowa, was named one of the 25 most influential people in America this year in the latest issue of Time.

She is company with names like Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the cartoon character Dilbert and Tiger Woods.

Time’s recognition of Campbell is one to be especially acknowledged because she has been influential in helping fight domestic violence.

The issue is something about which she feels passionate enough to help create the Violence Against Women Act, which passed in 1994.

Her work with domestic violence in Iowa landed her a job as director of the U.S. Justice Department’s Violence Against Women Office, a position she was offered by President Bill Clinton and has held for two years.

As Iowa residents, we should be proud Campbell’s work in the state has launched her as a national figure in the fight against domestic violence.

However, Campbell has said she cannot accept being named in the company of other influential people on Time magazine’s list like the editor of the National Enquirer and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, whose music the magazine describes as “suicidal melancholy and violent misanthropy.”

Unfortunately, Time does not include the criteria by which its 25 most influential were selected. But one thing is clear.

Campbell is someone who has taken action to make our society and our government take a harder look at an important issue that affects us all. And that is a big influence on a lot of people.