In Philly, Jill Biden says she doesn't want her granddaughters fighting same fights 'we've already

In Philly, Jill Biden says she doesn’t want her granddaughters fighting same fights ‘we’ve already won’


Former Vice President Joe Biden, the early front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, was campaigning in Iowa on Tuesday as his wife, Jill, greeted supporters at a women’s club in Rittenhouse Square.

During a fund-raising reception at the ornate Acorn Club, Jill Biden told an audience of about 50 that it was crucial to fight what she called the erosion of women’s rights under President Donald Trump.

“There’s too much at stake," she said. “I don’t want my granddaughters fighting the same fights that I feel like we’ve already won."

Biden, an educator who taught full-time at a community college while serving as second lady, marveled at how far women have come in her lifetime. She recalled that her father had to sign the financing papers for her first car because the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, guaranteeing women the right to credit in their own names, did not pass until 1974.

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