--- title: Barack Obama: 'This Is What a Feminist Looks Like' description: President Obama stood firm in his feminism at the United State of Women Summit, a day-long convening hosted by the White House canonical: https://time.com/4369002/barack-obama-united-state-of-women-summit/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-14T20:20:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:36:28.505Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Obama at Women's Summit: This Is What a Feminist Looks Like og:description: Speaking at the first-ever United State of Women Summit og:url: https://time.com/4369002/barack-obama-united-state-of-women-summit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2aaaa14ab0f68314/698897da3c1639141e45da7e/gettyimages-540175074.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: The White House Council On Women And Girls Hosts The "United State Of Women" Summit In D.C. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Obama at Women's Summit: This Is What a Feminist Looks Like twitter:description: Speaking at the first-ever United State of Women Summit twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2aaaa14ab0f68314/698897da3c1639141e45da7e/gettyimages-540175074.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Obama at Women's Summit: This Is What a Feminist Looks Like > Sponsored content. 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Alex Wong—Getty Images Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jun 14, 2016 8:20 PM UTC President Obama stood firm in his feminism at the [United State of Women Summit](http://motto.time.com/4368379/white-house-united-state-of-women/) on Tuesday afternoon, a daylong convening hosted by the White House to tout the progress and the work that lay ahead for the American woman. “I may be a little grayer than I was eight years ago, but this is what a feminist looks like,” President Obama said to cheers Tuesday afternoon. About 5,000 women descended upon the [Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.](http://motto.time.com/4368379/white-house-united-state-of-women/), for the event, which featured speeches by Vice President Joe Biden, House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and First Lady Michelle Obama. The President said Tuesday he couldn’t be prouder of what his Administration has been able to accomplish for women and girls over the past seven and a half years. In his cheerful speech, he noted the work his administration has done to advance family-leave policies, women’s health care and access to STEM education. Some of the more recent policies addressing [family leave](https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/15/presidential-memorandum-modernizing-federal-leave-policies-childbirth-ad) and the [minimum wage](https://www.dol.gov/whd/flsa/eo13658/fr-factsheet.htm), however, were accomplished via executive action, limiting their scope to federal employees and federal contractors. Outside of government, the White House has often relied on partnerships with private businesses and companies to champion change. On Tuesday, the White House announced 28 companies signed on to their [Equal Pay Pledge](http://time.com/money/4368143/airbnb-amazon-white-house-gender-pay-gap-pledge/), agreeing to review their own practices when it comes to pay equity and hiring. “We don’t have to have Congress agree with us. We can go ahead and make progress without waiting for them,” Obama said Tuesday to cheers. “They’ll catch up eventually.” He also discussed feminism abroad, promoting women’s rights as a national-security issue and saying groups like Boko Haram and ISIS perpetuate violence against women and silence them. The President acknowledged that there are many women who feel economically anxious, who have little access to expanded opportunities in jobs and pay. “There are important reasons why many women feel like the system is rigged,” Obama said. Noting that gender discrimination, unequal policies, and stereotypes about how men and women should behave in society still have a stronghold on society. “It’s not just about the Benjamin’s,” Obama said, a nod to Benjamin Franklin whose face graces the front of the $100 bill. “It’s about the [Tubman’s, too](http://time.com/4292794/alexander-hamilton-andrew-jackson-20-10-bill-currency-woman/).” Obama noted, though, that he was “preaching to the choir.” Throughout the day, attendees popped in and out of panel discussions on the challenges and roadblocks that persist for women of color, women in the workplace, and women, generally. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4369002/barack-obama-united-state-of-women-summit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4369002/barack-obama-united-state-of-women-summit/"},"headline":"President Obama at Women's Summit: This Is What a Feminist Looks Like","datePublished":"2016-06-14T20:20:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:36:28.505Z","description":"Speaking at the first-ever United State of Women Summit","url":"https://time.com/4369002/barack-obama-united-state-of-women-summit/","keywords":["White House","women","Barack Obama","Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2aaaa14ab0f68314/698897da3c1639141e45da7e/gettyimages-540175074.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2aaaa14ab0f68314/698897da3c1639141e45da7e/gettyimages-540175074.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The White House Council On Women And Girls Hosts The \"United State Of Women\" Summit In D.C.","caption":"The White House Council On Women And Girls Hosts The \"United State Of Women\" Summit In D.C.","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4369002/barack-obama-united-state-of-women-summit/","name":"President Obama at Women's Summit: This Is What a Feminist Looks Like"}}]}] ```