Patricia Arquette's 2014 Oscars speech may have cemented her as Hollywood's public face for gender equality, but it's the work she's done since that has the potential to make the most impact for women outside of it. 
Arquette was honored Saturday night in LA, alongside writer-director Joss Whedon, at a HeForShe Media Summit put on by UN Women's USNC LA Chapter at YouTube Space LA. There's no denying HeForShe has a special resonance in the entertainment industry — the gender equality campaign, which calls on men and boys to support the cause, was pushed to prominence by spokes woman Emma Watson's impassioned speech launching the initiative in 2014. (Both Whedon and Arquette told me that moment was their first exposure to the cause.) 

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