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Obama creates women's panel

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He said he signed the order to honor all the women who came before him, such as his grandmother who was a bank vice president but was denied promotions because of her gender. He said the fight for gender equality is far from over.

"So now it's up to us to carry that work forward, to ensure that our daughters and granddaughters have no limits on their dreams, no obstacles to their achievements — and that they have opportunities their mothers and grandmothers and great grandmothers never dreamed of," Obama said. "That's the purpose of this council; those are the priorities of my presidency."

Posted on  Thursday, March 12, 2009By icmaldonado
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