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Best Candidate: Women's History in the Making

In a hundred years, if someone is making a timeline of women's history, what would be the one event from 2011 that they would be sure to include? For this category, nominate an event that happened in 2011 that you consider the best candidate for being recognized in the future as a major event or turning point in women's history.

Was it a cultural event? a political event? a court decision or new law? a law defeated? a glass ceiling broken? a step backwards? This is your chance to predict how the future will weigh 2011's women's history.

Nominate one to three events of 2011. Give each a short name, say why you believe it's important, and, optionally, add more information).

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Jone Johnson Lewis

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