Posted by
Ron Devito on Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:02:58 AM
By Adrienne Ross from www.motivationtruth.com
On August 26, 1920, the 19th amendment
to the United States Constitution, which grants women the right to
vote, becomes law. Washington women had won the vote in 1910, after
which Washington suffragists had helped with the national campaign to
amend the constitution so that all American women could vote.
Eighty
nine years after the 19th amendment, America is still engaging in
conversations that seek to define who a feminist is and what she stands
for. Without a doubt, Sarah Palin resurrected some of those
conversations when she became the first woman to earn herself a place
on a Republican ticket. Geraldine Ferraro had done the same for the
Democratic ticket in 1984.
It is astounding that it took so
long for both these accomplishments, and even more astounding that
women are still in the position of defending their place within the
political process. No one knows this more than Governor Sarah Palin.
She has always acknowledged those women who have gone before her to
pave the way for her and desires to be a source of inspiration for
those girls who follow after her.
It is unfortunate that the
governor has had to fight against the smears of both men and women,
some of whom seem content with having a conservative woman exercise her
right to vote, as long as she's not the woman we actually vote for.
Nonetheless, Sarah Palin rises above the small thinking of some who
want to put "feminism" in a box. Many women have now broken out of the
box and are grateful, not only for the privilege given in 1920 to walk
into that voting box, but to see the name of another woman staring back
at them when they get in there.
In the video below, Governor Sarah Palin
discusses
with Greta van Susteren her commitment to uniting women on issues of
health care and equal opportunities if ever she chooses to run for
higher office again.