Hillary has been at almost every one of these summits. She missed one once when she was Secretary of State and traveling, but she has been at all the others. This time it was just a wee bit different because she was there not as cabinet member, nor as a private citizen, but as a presidential candidate. You can imagine the excitement in the hall.
Well, you don't have to imagine it! Here is the video!
Hillary Clinton keynotes Women in the World Summit. Implores audience to “become agents of change”
“I’m grateful that there is now a new burst of energy around the rights and opportunities of women and girls”
Hillary Clinton fired up her 2016 presidential campaign with a sweeping, estrogen-packed speech at the Women in the World Summit in New York City on Thursday, telling the crowd at Lincoln Center, “There has never been a better time in history to be born female.”
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An added treat this year was the an appearance by Dame Helen Mirren, another of my very favorite human beings on earth. Dame Helen, who happens to be engaged in the Broadway production The Audience where she portrays Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth II, participated in a conversation with Tina Brown and appears to have turned things a bit topsy-turvy!
Helen Mirren takes audience on startling trip down memory lane
A clip from a talk-show appearance Mirren made in 1975 showed the host making some inappropriate remarks
Helen Mirren, Actress and Tina Brown, Founder, Women in the World and CEO, Tina Brown Live Media on 'Helen Mirren Rules!' at The 2015 Women In The World Summit, Lincoln Center, New York City; 4/23/2015
Dame Helen Mirren has an idea about how to get Hollywood to give women more substantive roles: “Change roles for women in life,” she suggested at the Women in the World Summit on Thursday afternoon in an interview with Tina Brown.Helen Mirren, Actress and Tina Brown, Founder, Women in the World and CEO, Tina Brown Live Media on 'Helen Mirren Rules!' at The 2015 Women In The World Summit, Lincoln Center, New York City; 4/23/2015
Read more >>>>I believe this is the video they showed. She had great control, poise and presence of mind even then.
