I watched the four hour PBS series "The Vote", four hours that documented failure after failure, setback after setback, ridicule, beatings, arrests, and even torture that spanned seven decades. Unbelievable. A testament to incredible women who, one hundred years ago next month, gave the gift of liberty, democracy and power to half the population of the United States.
Women took The Vote less than thirty years before I was born. Yet even as a child I believed I could do anything in life that I wanted. I owe these women, many of whom did not live to see their dream fulfilled, an enormous debt of gratitude.
I will remember them when I proudly cast my vote in November.
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