Daphne Bramham: Rush to hear powerful women speak may be a watershed

Well, it’s a good thing they didn’t invite Oprah!
The high demand for the nearly 2,800 tickets to Michelle Obama’s Feb. 15 speech here nearly crashed the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s website. Within a few hours, board members had snapped up every ticket, leaving no chance for anyone else to purchase one.
Last month, the board’s event featuring Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state and should-have-been president, was also sold out.
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