Gratitude

[pat]

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

To:

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Lucretia Mott
Carrie Chapman Catt
Alice Paul
Sojourner Truth
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Carey Thomas
Belva Lockwood
Victoria Woodhull
Lucy Stone
Julia Ward Howe
Anna Howard Shaw
Alice Stone Blackwell
Emily Blackwell
Lucy Burns
Mary Church Terrell

and all the other amazing women -- including your sisters across the sea -- whose sacrifices make it possible for me to walk into a voting booth this November and vote my conscience:

This daughter says, Thank you. God forbid that I ever take what you did for me for granted.

Comments

[calebbullen.livejournal.com]

YAY!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Especially since the current guys in office would probably like to remove those rights, if they thought they could get away with it...

[rosefox]

Well said. Amen.

[p3aches.livejournal.com]

Here here. i loved learning about these women in my Sociology of women class.