TEDWomen San Francisco event now packs global punch

The online TEDWomen conference in 2010 was supposed to be a one-time event, a gathering in Washington to talk about the state of women in the world.

But that changed when Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg took to the podium and spoke about the need for women to be assertive in the workplace, laying the groundwork for her best-selling book, "Lean In," galvanizing a movement – and taking feminism viral.

Nellie Bowles

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