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USA: Ai-jen Poo is one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World

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by IDWFED published Apr 18, 2012 12:00 AM
Contributors: Gloria Steinem/TIME
Ai-jen Poo, the 38-year-old daughter of pro-democracy immigrants from Chiang Kai-shek's Taiwan, has been growing into that role ever since she was a student outraged by the stories of domestic workers, often immigrants or women of color, who labored long hours for low pay as maids, nannies and other household workers.

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Once in a while, there comes along a gifted organizer – think of the radical empathy of Jane Addams or the populist tactics of Cesar Chavez – who knows how to create social change from the bottom up.

Ai-jen Poo, the 38-year-old daughter of pro-democracy immigrants from Chiang Kai-shek's Taiwan, has been growing into that role ever since she was a student outraged by the stories of domestic workers, often immigrants or women of color, who labored long hours for low pay as maids, nannies and other household workers.

Read the entire report by Gloria Steinem on TIME.

Source: Gloria Steinem/TIME

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