Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumI found this toon quite apropos.
Thank you to all the women who came before us and fought the hard fight that enabled future generations to have the right to vote. Thank you to those who were in the women's movement, who fought to attain equality in the work force and the right to own our bodies.
This one is for you.
niyad
(119,909 posts)Beacool
(30,322 posts)I also found it moving. So many women put everything on the line, whether in the suffragette movement or in the women's movement of the 60s. Those of us who have benefited from these women's hard work and sacrifice should be grateful to them. We should never forget in whose footsteps we follow.
caquillo
(521 posts)Last edited Fri Jun 10, 2016, 07:01 PM - Edit history (1)
It tells the story of the passage of the 19th Amendment, as seen through the eyes of suffragist Alice Paul (Hilary Swank). This scene, in particular, which depicts the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession on Pennsylvania Avenue (organized by Paul), is very effective IMO in portraying the verbal/physical abuse and threats these brave women endured -- all because they wanted to vote.
More on the parade:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_suffrage_parade_of_1913
Beacool
(30,322 posts)Thanks for uploading this video. It's distressing what women had to go through to get the vote. Some were incarcerated and even force fed with tubes shoved down their throats. It's a shame that so many people take for granted their hard fought right to vote.
chillfactor
(7,694 posts)really sends a very clear message!
Beacool
(30,322 posts)If there is indeed an afterlife, I hope that all these women watched and gave Hillary a thumbs up.
George II
(67,782 posts)....one of these years I'll have to see what the Women's Rights National Historical Park is all about.
That was an amazing gathering they had up there, now about 175 years ago.
They would be proud of Hillary Clinton!
Beacool
(30,322 posts)I'm going to have to drive up that way at some point.
DemonGoddess
(5,123 posts)Walk away
(9,494 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Thanks for posting it, Beacool!