MS. MAGAZINE'S 2004 WOMEN OF YEAR
Samantha Power, Pulitzer Prize author, left, poses with Elaine Lafferty, editor-in-chief of "Ms.", after Power was named a "Ms." magazine 2004 Woman of the Year during an Awards Breakfast on Dec. 6, 2004, at the National Press Club in Washington. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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