Cindi leive biography of barack
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President Obama is never shy of expressing his love for his daughters, but he made a striking announcement in an essay for Glamour magazine, writing about the world that he wants to leave behind for Malia and Sasha.
"It's important for them to see role models out in the world who climb to the highest levels of whatever field they choose. And yes, it's important that their dad is a feminist, because now that's what they expect of all men," the president wrote in his essay, entitled "This Is What a Feminist Looks Like," for the magazine's September issue.
Glamour's editor-in-chief, Cindi Leive first heard the president identify himself as a feminist at the White House Summit on the United State of Women in June.
"I may be a little grayer than I was eight years ago... but this is what a feminist looks like," he said as he was met by wild applause.
That sparked a larger conversation with the president about the principles of feminism and why he feels it's important for both women and men to embrace them.
"This goes beyond the kind of boilerplate - 'I believe in strong women' - that at this point, anybody can mouth pretty effectively," Leive said.
For Leive, the timing is significant. According to a survey by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation, 60 percent of
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Interview with Cindi Leive of Glamour Magazine in Portland, Oregon
Leive. Back in 2008 you told Glamour that your mother once said, and I'll quote, "the best indicator of whether a country does well is how it treats its girls and its women."
The President. Still believe it.
Leive. So, by your mother's standards, give me a thumbnail sketch of how America is doing.
The President. Well, when I came into office, we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. Now the economy has grown for two and a half, three years, and the unemployment rate has begun to come down, but we've got a lot of people who are still out of work, men and women. At the state levels, and the local levels, some of the biggest layoffs have been in teaching, for example, professions that are disproportionately represented by women. So a lot of what I've tried to do is make sure not only that the economy is growing but also that everybody gets an opportunity. And that means passing the Lilly Ledbetter Act.
Leive. Your first bill.
The President. My first bill, to make sure that women are getting the same pay for the same work. It means making sure that access to college and training is widely spread, so we expanded things like Pell Grants and set up tax credits so that middle-class families could bet