This year I voted for Sanders in the Democratic primary. Another old-man for the pack of trading cards, yes, but I like progressives, and I wondered what would happen if enough of us tried to have a voice. And interesting things did happen, but that is a story for another day. Because he was beaten by a woman.
A woman!
I did not expect to be so moved by this, so incredulous. After all, I grew up thinking that presidents were the most boring people on earth. I imagined being Dickens, or Menuhin, or Keats, or Baldwin. I did not imagine being Gerald Ford.
But a woman! This morning I feel, for some reason, ten feet tall. Look! One of us! Look!
I keep reminding myself, "Surely you would not feel the same if Sarah Palin were in this position. What's with this happiness? You didn't even vote for Clinton."
What I am imagining is the joy of the Grimke sisters, of Lucretia Mott, of Susan B. Anthony, of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Anti-suffragette postcard, 1925 |
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One of my favorite stories this week has been the report of thank-you notes and I Voted stickers being left at Susan B. Anthony's grave: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/07/28/as-hillary-clinton-accepts-the-nomination-susan-b-anthony-getting-thanks-for-paving-the-way/.
I agree, Peg: those photos of SBA's grave are extremely moving.
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