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Impact of Sexism on Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential Campaign

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Impact of Sexism on Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential Campaign

A protester waves a sign disrupting Clinton's campaign speech in Salem, New Hampshire on January 7, 2008.

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What Hillary Accomplished - Normalizing the Idea of a Woman as President:

When little girls say, "When I grow up, I want to be President," they can now do so with the image of a role model who ran for a presidential nomination and came closer than any other runner-up in history.

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