18 Mar 2008 01:51 Africa/Lagos
Hillary Clinton Voted onto Mt. Rushmore by wowOwow Readers
NEW YORK, March 17 /PRNewswire/ --
Candice Bergen, Whoopi Goldberg, and Lesley Stahl among other famous female contributors celebrated the first week success of their new website wowOwow.com by posting the results of the first "Question of the Day", asking readers "Which Four Women Would You Like to See on Mt. Rushmore?"
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080317/NYM141 )
With nearly 3,000 votes cast, Eleanor Roosevelt, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, and Hilary Clinton led a field of contenders to become the faces of the all female Mountain Monument. Others who received substantial votes included Harriet Tubman, Mother Theresa, and Oprah Winfrey.
Of the living women who received votes Hillary Clinton led the pack with 718 votes including Candice Bergen's, who also voted for Britney Spears. Liz Smith, another WOW contributor has said "We are going to have to get Candice to explain this." Of the living women who placed in the poll Oprah Winfrey came in second, trailing Clinton by over 500 votes, receiving a total of 212.
wowOwow, which stands for "Women on Web" is an online community created, owned and run for women by women. Candice Bergen, Joan Juliet Buck, Joan Ganz Cooney, Joni Evans, Whoopi Goldberg, Judith Martin, Sheila Nevins, Peggy Noonan, Julia Reed, Liz Smith, Lesley Stahl, Marlo Thomas, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, and Mary Wells are the contributors.
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Source: wowOwow.com
CONTACT: Ren Herring, wowOwow.com, +1-212-231-7920,
renherring@gmail.com
Web site: http://www.wowowow.com/
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