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Top 12 Most Influential Women of 2008 - Women Who Made Headlines in 2008

All Eyes Were On Them As They Shaped Politics, Society and Pop Culture

By Linda Lowen, About.com Guide

These were the women who made waves, turned heads, launched a thousand headlines and got people talking in 2008.

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Hillary Clinton - Woman of the Year and Glass Ceiling Cracker	Michelle Obama - The Nation's First African-American First Lady	Sarah Palin - Republican Game-Changing VP Choice Took the Country By Storm	Tina Fey - The Impersonation That Reversed the 'Palin Effect'
Ann E. Dunwoody - First Four-Star Female General	Katie Couric - Last in Ratings But TV's Highest-Paid Anchor	Women Voters - A Highly Sought-After Demographic	Olympic Moms - Strong Enough to Compete...and Win
Oprah Winfrey - Did Her Involvement Change the Course of the 2008 Election?	Women Bloggers - Making Their Power Felt on the Internet	The Women in Eliot Spitzer's Life - Silda Wall Spitzer & Ashley Alexandra Dupre	The Wives Of Polygamists

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