Last Saturday my house was filled to the rafters with the joy, enthusiasm and vitality by 30 or more women who had come back to celebrate an era and a facility that housed their joy, tears, and efforts for many years. They were the players and coaches of JMU’s Women’s Basketball program. The fact that our daughter, Betsy, was a member of that group made it even more special.
Now what does all that have to do with SuperTuesday? As I prepared to go vote, the faces and presence of these successful, confident, benevolent women crossed my mind. They have faced a world where their government has never ratified an Equal Rights Amendment, passed by Congress in 1972, but blocked by conservative states from being ratified by 2/3 of the states legislators. Keep kicking the can down the road!! So they face a marketplace of their skills knowing they will only make 3/4’s of what men make for the same job.
So, I never vote in any election that I don’t think of my Mother who marched for women’s right to vote in 1918. My promise to these young women is that I will never vote for a candidate in any election who does not support women’s rights in all aspects of their lives. Go vote,
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