10 Most Powerful American Women

*Condoleezza Rice, United States secretary of state.

*Karen Hughes, political adviser, a key aide to George W. Bush.

*Nancy Pelosi, minority leader, U.S. House of Representatives.

*Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. Supreme Court justice.

*Margaret "Meg" Whitman, president and chief executive, eBay.

*Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court justice.

*Anne Sweeney, cochair of media networks, the Walt Disney Company; president, Disney-ABC Television Group.

*Oprah Winfrey, media executive and personality.

*Martha Stewart, media executive and personality.
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