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Feminism and Diversity

sheshe2

(90,552 posts) Tue Jul 26, 2016, 07:22 PM Jul 2016

It has only been 96 years since we, [View all]

as women were allowed to vote. We were Beaten, Tortured and Jailed for asking that our voice be heard. We did not just want to be seen we wanted to be heard and treated equally.

Tonight, one woman reached a peak no other woman has, she is our Democratic nominee for President of the United States.

I salute my sisters and the brothers that support us.

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It has only been 96 years since we, [View all] sheshe2 Jul 2016 OP

I'm with you sheshe! Squinch Jul 2016 #1

Squinch! sheshe2 Jul 2016 #4

Made me cry like a baby! Squinch Jul 2016 #5

I did too... sheshe2 Jul 2016 #7

It took a Democratic President, Woodrow Wilson, to get the law passed to give women 4lbs Jul 2016 #2

I celebrate with you. YET--we still have a Repub. nominee who calls our MichiganVote Jul 2016 #3

I am, we are fully aware of what Trump... sheshe2 Jul 2016 #6

We do, Michigan, but we're going to win this thing. And we're going to win BIG! Squinch Jul 2016 #8

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