"Thousands of women have been organizing, throwing house parties, canvassing and phone banking for Barack Obama over the last year. And today is the first day of Women's History Month, so to celebrate, take a look at some of the nation's most prominent women on why they support Barack Obama:"
1. Caroline Kennedy, attorney, editor, writer and daughter of JFK
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2. Toni Morrison a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor click here to read her reason
3. Abigail Pogrebin, writer and a former producer for Mike Wallace at "60 Minutes"
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4. Ellen Bravo , former director of 9to5, National Association of Working Women, teaches Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. As a consultant to 9to5, she coordinates the Multi-State Working Families Consortium, a network of state coalitions working for paid leave.
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5. Ethel Kennedy, Widow to former New York Senator and U.S. Attorney General RFK
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6. Susan Eisenhower, grand-daughter of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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7. Kate Michelman, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, catapulting the organization to prominence as the nation's premier reproductive rights group and was a close advisor -- and remains a close friend -- to former President Bill Clinton
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8. Joan Baez, a editor at the San Francisco Chronicle
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9. Ruth Rosen, Ruth Rosen, a writer, historian, journalist and senior fellow at the Longview Institute, teaches history and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley
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10. Judge Patricia M. Wald, former Chief Judge of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and recently a member of the Iraq Intelligence Commission
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11. Helen P. Howell and Vickie Wallen, Helen P. Howell has served as counsel to U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and serves as a national board member for Planned Parenthood. Vickie Wallen has served as the state ombudsman for families and children and as a senior policy adviser and legal counsel for former Gov. Mike Lowry.
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12. Lisa Gans, Lisa Gans is a human rights lawyer who has worked with non-governmental organizations in Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Swalizand and Iraq. She specializes in legal and constitutional development, civil society development, women's rights, refugee issues
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13. Naomi Wolf, writer, her essays have appeared in various publications including: The New Republic, Wall Street Journal, Glamour, Ms., Esquire, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. She also speaks widely to groups across the country.
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... and two videos as extra bonuses
first video is one that was posted back in november of 2007 and is a short documentary that explores why women across the nation are supporting Barack Obama for president. It's running time is 19 minutes and 18 seconds
and the second video is one where Many women from all parts of the US submitted photos
over the course of a few days to be included in a film montage representing the panoply of faces, sizes, shapes, and colors working together in support of a common pursuit - effecting major change in Washington and electing Barack Obama President. This video is called "Women for Obama Video Project". It has a running time of 1 minute and 36 seconds.
Here is the video:
here is the spanish version of the same video:
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