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Young: Was Palin's candidacy a step forward for women?

November 10, 2008 By CATHY YOUNG Cathy Young is a contributing editor of Reason magazine.

Election 2008, which shattered the ultimate barrier by bringing an African-American to the White House, also turned out to be the Year of the Woman Who Failed.

First, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton had the Democratic presidential nomination almost within her grasp only to have it snatched away. From the ashes of her campaign rose Gov. Sarah Palin as the Republican vice-presidential candidate...

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