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The Homestretch | Mar 20, 2013 | 8:19

Ascent of women

Women have made great strides politically financially in Canada over the past quarter of a century, but they still have a long way to go in this country and abroad to achieve true equality with men. Sally Armstrong has spent most of her adult life doing just that, and speaks with the Homestretch.

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