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" From left: Harper&amp;#039;s Bazaar&amp;#039;s Laura Brown, CNN&amp;#039;s Alina Cho, Barbara Bush, Yaya DaCosta.  What do you get when you bring Senator Nancy Pelosi, Iman, Donna Karan and Arianna Huffington together for a powwow? The second annual WIE Symposium answered that question by bringing together women from politics, fashion, media, film, finance, beauty and the nonprofit world. Speakers included Dr. Jill Biden, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Sarah Brown, the author and wife of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Over a two-day period, the panels touched on everything from starting a beauty business to maternal health to &amp;quot;What It Means to be A Woman Today,&amp;quot; a lively discussion featuring Bazaar&amp;#039;s own Laura Brown alongside event co-founder Dee Poku, former First Daughter Barbara Bush, CNN reporter Alina Cho, politican Reshma Saujani, actress Yaya DaCosta and Essence editor-at-large Mikki Taylor. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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