Women Who Have Actually Broken The Glass Ceiling
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Women Who Have Actually Broken The Glass Ceiling

Hillary Clinton has not and will never break any glass ceiling.

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Women Who Have Actually Broken The Glass Ceiling
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Hillary Clinton and her supporters claim she has "broken the glass ceiling." My question is the glass ceiling for whom? For women? For young girls? For liberal females? She is not someone who inspires or empowers me, and I am all for women empowerment. I'm not sure how a woman who has lied her way to the candidacy could break any glass ceiling for anyone anywhere. Here is a list of women who have actually broken the glass ceiling for other women, regardless of their political party.

1. Kate Middleton

If I had to be like anyone or look like anyone, I would want to look like Kate Middleton, and not just because she is royalty. Kate is constantly in the spotlight, but never seems to lose sight of where she came from. She's classy, down-to-earth and handles everything with such poise. Not only is she a great mom and wife, she does good things for people everywhere.

2. Nastia Liukin

Nastia Liukin is the 2008 gymnastics Olympic individual All-Around champion. If that wasn't impressive enough, she went on the get her degree. Although she had many endorsement deals, events and appearances, she knew she needed to get an education. Her dad told her when she was younger that she couldn't rely on gymnastics forever and she needed to go to college, and she listened. She graduated from New York University with a degree in Sports Administration. She is now a broadcaster for NBC, where she will be in Rio broadcasting at the Olympics.

3. Danica Patrick

Danica Patrick is the first and only female NASCAR driver. She broke into the Sprint Cup series in 2012 and never looked back. Her sport is dominated by males. The drivers, crew cheif, pit stop crew and owners are all males, but Danica gives them all a run for their money. Not only is she an athlete in one of the most physically demanding sports, she is a spokeswoman for DRIVE4COPD, an awareness campaign for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

3. Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice is the first woman to ever be a national security adviser and later became Secretary of State. She came from a segregated town in Alabama, where she knew she wanted to make a difference. She broke barriers with class and without deleting any emails. She is now a political science professor at Stanford University. She is currently the only woman on the College Football Playoff Committee.

4. Sophia Bush

Sophia Bush is an actress, director, spokesperson and activist. She attended the University of Southern California as a journalism major. She was highly involved in her sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma, where she first discovered her love for philanthropy. Sophia is a part of fundraisers, such as Fuck Cancer, Run For the Gulf and Global Green Gulf Relief. She is also involved in the Pencils for Promise Organization. For how much she has been in the spotlight, she has used her fame and exposure to help others and raise awareness for important issues.

It bothers me that in a world full of amazing and inspiring women, we give all the credit to Hillary Clinton for breaking the glass ceiling for women. In my opinion, she hasn't broken any glass ceiling, and if she has, it was for all the wrong reasons. There are many other women girls should be looking up to, and none of them have ever deleted any emails, lied their way to the top or have every handled anything without class and grace.

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