Clinton Claims She Is ‘Breaking The Glass Ceiling’

FEATURING LIZA FEATHERSTONE – With results from the California primary showing a win for Hillary Clinton, the former State Secretary and First Lady has begun giving victory speeches, heralding the fact that she sees herself as the first woman to win a Presidential nomination of a major party. In preliminary results, Clinton won nearly 60% of Democratic votes in California, considered the big prize of the primary races, despite pre-election polls showing her neck in neck with Bernie Sanders.

Many blame Associated Press’ ill-timed report on Monday claiming that Clinton had clinched enough pledged delegates to be the nominee. It is too early to tell whether that report deterred Sanders’ supporters from showing up at the polls. Also, the LA Times is reporting that thousands of ballots remain uncounted but Clinton’s lead is so formidable it is probably not going to change the results. Clinton also won New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota while Sanders was victorious in North Dakota and Montana.

If, as it appears to be likely, Clinton is the Democratic nominee, what does it really mean for American women? Clinton and her supporters clearly see this as a collective win for women. But is it?

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Liza Featherstone, editor of the new book False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Rodham Clinton; she has also written the books, Students Against Sweatshops: The Making of a Movement and Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Worker’s Rights at Wal-Mart.