Today is the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, marking 100 years since the U.S. Constitution was changed in order to extend the right to vote to women! In this milestone year, 267 women of color are running for political office, a new record for the U.S.
As a woman who has run for political office as a Green, beginning in 1996 as Ralph Nader’s vice-presidential running mate in NJ, I celebrate and am inspired by this fact. I also know that women remain under-represented in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and that […]
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