Hillary's Goodbye (& Gender Equality)

I watched Hillary's speech on Saturday at the National Building Museum via CNN at my conference in Minneapolis. I normally get drawn into these speeches but from a purely political perspective; I want to hear what was not said more than what actually was said.

That being said, Hillary had my emotional attention from the moment she took the stage. It was the first time she truly spoke to me about the significance of her campaign with respect to gender equality in the United States. And her acknowledgment of the gay supporters of her campaign (see Associated Press video highlights of the speech below) -- not once, but twice -- managed to incite a surge of pride even in me, an Obama supporter.

We have a long way to go to attain gender equality, where men are equal to women and vice versa, in the United States (thinking of it merely as making women equal to men is insufficient, really -- think about paternity leave for fathers whose spouses are working, for example). But, as Hillary suggests, there are now 18 million little cracks in that glass ceiling.

• The full text of Hillary's June 7, 2008 speech at the National Building Museum.


• The full video of Hillary's June 7, 2008 speech at the National Building Museum

Highlights of Hillary's speech

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Washington DC fights the Wisconsin Marriage Ban

Join us at Halo at 6 PM on October 17 for a student/young professional friendly fundraiser for Fair Wisconsin.

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For those of you that don't know, I worked for Action Wisconsin during the 2004 election cycle, the precursor to the Fair Wisconsin campaign against this amendment. We have been preparing for this vote for *two years* and have the best chance at beating one of these amendments at the ballot box!

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