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| Glass ceiling watch: will America elect its first woman president? | Glass ceiling watch: will America elect its first woman president? |
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| Meta-meta fashion meets politics | |
| Katy Perry sings for her. Beyonce was #withher. Madonna gave a surprise concert for her. Rihanna? Well, she’s kept quiet, choosing to show her support sartorially instead. Here she is today, wearing a t-shirt featuring a photo of herself... wearing a t-shirt featuring a photo of a young Hillary Clinton. | |
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| “Now that she has the vote, how shall she go about using it?” So asked the New York Times on January 3, 1918, two months after the state gave women the right to vote. Hilarity ensued: | |
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| Rose Hackman | |
| First time voters: ‘the US had better catch up with the rest of the world’ | |
| Guardian writer Rose Hackman hit the streets of New York with one mission: talk to first time women voters. She reports: | |
| Poorvi Bellur, 19, proudly sported an “I voted” sticker. The student appeared thrilled to have cast her first ever US presidential election vote. “Voting for the first time feels liberating. It feels good to be engaged, part of something bigger.” | |
| Bellur, who is studying history, says she wasn’t originally a Hillary Clinton supporter, but she is cautiously happy to now be on board. “I think she’s qualified, rational and ready for the job.” | |
| The fact that she is a woman seems important, but not that groundbreaking for Bellur. The young American lived in India for a while — where she points out the first female head of state was elected decades ago. “The US had better catch up with the rest of the world!” she jokes. | |
| “Honestly, I think we could always do with more female role models in politics, even if I’m not personally a big fan of Clinton’s foreign policy moves so far, and plan to hold her accountable.” | |
| Ultimately, the biggest reason Bellur is hoping for a Clinton win is she believes the female presidential hopeful “stands for a culture of openness, of tolerance.” | |
| Kayla Glaser, a 19-year-old student in New York, was beaming as she recounted the feelings associated with not only being able to vote in her first presidential elections, but also being able to vote for what she hopes will be the first female president. | |
| “It was a cool feeling,” she said. Glaser says she has talked about the momentousness of this moment with her mother and female members of her family, as well as with her classmates at the all-female Barnard College. | |
| Looking ahead to what she hopes will be a career in STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – Glaser thinks reaching professional goals in these traditionally male fields would be easier with a woman in the White House. | |
| “Her policies would help me as a woman,” she said. | |
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| Reminder: not all women are #WithHer | Reminder: not all women are #WithHer |
| Before Hillary Clinton boasted the support of a majority of women voters, she spent months struggling to capture their passion. The Guardian US talked to dozens of women during the primaries who felt ambivalent about Clinton to downright opposed. | Before Hillary Clinton boasted the support of a majority of women voters, she spent months struggling to capture their passion. The Guardian US talked to dozens of women during the primaries who felt ambivalent about Clinton to downright opposed. |
| Ranging from a juice bar packed with Clinton fans meeting Steinem to the living room of an Occupy Wall Street activist working for Sanders, the in-depth conversations were declarative (“I’m not voting with my uterus”) and defiant (“this is her time”) but very much in discord (“I want to see a female president before I die”). | Ranging from a juice bar packed with Clinton fans meeting Steinem to the living room of an Occupy Wall Street activist working for Sanders, the in-depth conversations were declarative (“I’m not voting with my uterus”) and defiant (“this is her time”) but very much in discord (“I want to see a female president before I die”). |
| Read on: | Read on: |
| And read more about Clinton’s efforts to court lukewarm young women. | And read more about Clinton’s efforts to court lukewarm young women. |
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| Grace Bell Hardison, a 100-year-old woman recently mentioned by President Barack Obama after attempts were made to purge her from the voter registration list and hence deny her right to vote, affirms her identity to election official Elaine Hudnell by swearing on a bible as she prepares to vote from a car in Belhaven, North Carolina, US. | Grace Bell Hardison, a 100-year-old woman recently mentioned by President Barack Obama after attempts were made to purge her from the voter registration list and hence deny her right to vote, affirms her identity to election official Elaine Hudnell by swearing on a bible as she prepares to vote from a car in Belhaven, North Carolina, US. |
| The New Yorker reports: | The New Yorker reports: |
| Obama mentioned a hundred-year-old woman from Belhaven, North Carolina, named Grace Bell Hardison, who had lived in the same house and voted regularly for decades, who found herself removed from the voting rolls because a letter sent to her was once marked “undeliverable.” | Obama mentioned a hundred-year-old woman from Belhaven, North Carolina, named Grace Bell Hardison, who had lived in the same house and voted regularly for decades, who found herself removed from the voting rolls because a letter sent to her was once marked “undeliverable.” |
| “It was not that long ago that folks had to guess the number of jellybeans in a jar, or bubbles on a bar of soap, or recite the Constitution in Chinese, in order to vote,” Obama said. “It wasn’t that long ago when folks were beaten trying to register voters in Mississippi.” | “It was not that long ago that folks had to guess the number of jellybeans in a jar, or bubbles on a bar of soap, or recite the Constitution in Chinese, in order to vote,” Obama said. “It wasn’t that long ago when folks were beaten trying to register voters in Mississippi.” |
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| Amber Jamieson | Amber Jamieson |
| ‘It was incredible. A little emotional. I’m super proud’ | ‘It was incredible. A little emotional. I’m super proud’ |
| Guardian reporter Amber Jamieson is on the ground in New York – where Hillary Clinton is expected to win with a large margin – talking to voters at the polls this afternoon. She reports: | Guardian reporter Amber Jamieson is on the ground in New York – where Hillary Clinton is expected to win with a large margin – talking to voters at the polls this afternoon. She reports: |
| Women in Chelsea found themselves feeling more feelings than expected while voting for a woman president. | Women in Chelsea found themselves feeling more feelings than expected while voting for a woman president. |
| “It was incredible. A little emotional. I’m super proud to be voting for the first possible female president,” said Carol Han, a 36-year-old owner of a digital agency and Manhattan resident from Chelsea. | “It was incredible. A little emotional. I’m super proud to be voting for the first possible female president,” said Carol Han, a 36-year-old owner of a digital agency and Manhattan resident from Chelsea. |
| Voting for Clinton at the Andrew Heiskell Library on 20th St in Manhattan, she thought of “how far we’ve really come, it wasn’t that long ago women couldn’t vote”. | Voting for Clinton at the Andrew Heiskell Library on 20th St in Manhattan, she thought of “how far we’ve really come, it wasn’t that long ago women couldn’t vote”. |
| Helga Kopperl, an artist who declined to give her age, said she was “elated” to vote for a female president. “Thank god. I did something for my own,” she told The Guardian. “I didn’t expect to feel so emotional,” said Kopperl, noting that she was very careful to fill out her ballot paper correctly as she wanted to make sure her vote for a female president counted. “I wanted my ovals to fit, I wanted to do it right,” she said. | Helga Kopperl, an artist who declined to give her age, said she was “elated” to vote for a female president. “Thank god. I did something for my own,” she told The Guardian. “I didn’t expect to feel so emotional,” said Kopperl, noting that she was very careful to fill out her ballot paper correctly as she wanted to make sure her vote for a female president counted. “I wanted my ovals to fit, I wanted to do it right,” she said. |
| Kopperl also said she was just glad to have Clinton as a candidate. “She’s proven to me that she’s worked really hard,” said Kopperl. | Kopperl also said she was just glad to have Clinton as a candidate. “She’s proven to me that she’s worked really hard,” said Kopperl. |
| For Elena Savostianova, a 38-year-old who works in finance, Clinton being female was just “an added bonus.” | For Elena Savostianova, a 38-year-old who works in finance, Clinton being female was just “an added bonus.” |
| “It’s exciting, I hope she wins by a lot,” she said, noting how frustrating the campaign had been and how she’d banned her daughter from watching the last debate as she “knew it was going to be nasty.” | “It’s exciting, I hope she wins by a lot,” she said, noting how frustrating the campaign had been and how she’d banned her daughter from watching the last debate as she “knew it was going to be nasty.” |
| Her daughter, Sasha Martire, aged 9, accompanied her mom to the ballot box. | Her daughter, Sasha Martire, aged 9, accompanied her mom to the ballot box. |
| “I know in history men thought women couldn’t be president and excluded them from deals. And now’s the chance to prove women are capable,” said the fourth grader. | “I know in history men thought women couldn’t be president and excluded them from deals. And now’s the chance to prove women are capable,” said the fourth grader. |
| Over in Brooklyn, Samarty Davis, an African-American woman in her 80s, was equally happy with her vote. | Over in Brooklyn, Samarty Davis, an African-American woman in her 80s, was equally happy with her vote. |
| “First woman, we need it,” she said, just after voting at PS 256 in Bedford-Stuyvesant. “I really like her, she’s no pushover,” Davis, who added that she’s been a fan of Clinton since she was First Lady. “At first I thought: men made this mess, let them clean it up,” said Davis, before saying that she chose Clinton to ensure the best choice for her great grandchildren. | “First woman, we need it,” she said, just after voting at PS 256 in Bedford-Stuyvesant. “I really like her, she’s no pushover,” Davis, who added that she’s been a fan of Clinton since she was First Lady. “At first I thought: men made this mess, let them clean it up,” said Davis, before saying that she chose Clinton to ensure the best choice for her great grandchildren. |
| “I think it’s time for a woman to step in cause men are killing each other like animals,” she said. | “I think it’s time for a woman to step in cause men are killing each other like animals,” she said. |
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| Will someone think about the groundskeeper? | Will someone think about the groundskeeper? |
| Can't stop thinking about the guy who's going to spend hours scraping adhesive off Susan B. Anthony's gravestone | Can't stop thinking about the guy who's going to spend hours scraping adhesive off Susan B. Anthony's gravestone |
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| Spotted in Arizona: Cindy McCain, wife of Republican Senator John McCain, sporting a white pantsuit to go vote. | Spotted in Arizona: Cindy McCain, wife of Republican Senator John McCain, sporting a white pantsuit to go vote. |
| Cindy McCain wearing a white pantsuit to vote today https://t.co/bYShaUTKtF pic.twitter.com/Xg5BboC1CA | Cindy McCain wearing a white pantsuit to vote today https://t.co/bYShaUTKtF pic.twitter.com/Xg5BboC1CA |
| Is Cindy wearing the unofficial color of suffragettes – and the unofficial uniform of Hillary Clinton – on purpose? Or is she going country club casual like it’s any old Tuesday? | Is Cindy wearing the unofficial color of suffragettes – and the unofficial uniform of Hillary Clinton – on purpose? Or is she going country club casual like it’s any old Tuesday? |
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| What would it take to break the Javits Center's glass ceiling? | What would it take to break the Javits Center's glass ceiling? |
| Tonight, in a rather symbolic move, Hillary Clinton will be holding her election night party at the Javits Center in New York City, where she’ll make her speech from beneath its famous glass ceiling. | Tonight, in a rather symbolic move, Hillary Clinton will be holding her election night party at the Javits Center in New York City, where she’ll make her speech from beneath its famous glass ceiling. |
| So what would it actually take to make a crack in it? We did some research and spoke to Nancy Czesak, the co-director on the Javits renovation project, to find out more about this iconic venue. | So what would it actually take to make a crack in it? We did some research and spoke to Nancy Czesak, the co-director on the Javits renovation project, to find out more about this iconic venue. |
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| A good contender for “best dressed in white” in front of a polling station in Dallas, Texas. | A good contender for “best dressed in white” in front of a polling station in Dallas, Texas. |
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| Nicole Puglise | Nicole Puglise |
| #DedicateYourVoteToAWoman | #DedicateYourVoteToAWoman |
| In another sign as to the significance of this election to women, many are using the hashtag #DedicateYourVoteToAWoman to talk about the influential women in their lives who motivated them to vote. Similarly, WNYC radio host Brian Lehrer asked Twitter users to share who inspired them to vote using #DedicateTheVote. | In another sign as to the significance of this election to women, many are using the hashtag #DedicateYourVoteToAWoman to talk about the influential women in their lives who motivated them to vote. Similarly, WNYC radio host Brian Lehrer asked Twitter users to share who inspired them to vote using #DedicateTheVote. |
| For my grandmother, who was born in a town she couldn't vote in and never did until her move up north. #dedicateyourvotetoawoman pic.twitter.com/XxFziyfQOr | For my grandmother, who was born in a town she couldn't vote in and never did until her move up north. #dedicateyourvotetoawoman pic.twitter.com/XxFziyfQOr |
| "I #DedicateTheVote to all the suffragettes who worked hard to make sure we got a vote." pic.twitter.com/iqNjbJa7HY | "I #DedicateTheVote to all the suffragettes who worked hard to make sure we got a vote." pic.twitter.com/iqNjbJa7HY |
| My vote is 4 my Gma's. 1 born b4 suffrage who wouldve been so excited for a 🚺 prez & 1 who voted for Hillary at 89 #DedicateYourVoteToAWoman pic.twitter.com/uk7z5e1Btd | My vote is 4 my Gma's. 1 born b4 suffrage who wouldve been so excited for a 🚺 prez & 1 who voted for Hillary at 89 #DedicateYourVoteToAWoman pic.twitter.com/uk7z5e1Btd |
| My vote is for my late grandmother, Shirley Chisholm, Ida B. Wells, and Zora Neale Hurston. My patron saints. #DedicateYourVoteToAWoman | My vote is for my late grandmother, Shirley Chisholm, Ida B. Wells, and Zora Neale Hurston. My patron saints. #DedicateYourVoteToAWoman |
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| Surprise, surprise: the staff of Jezebel has revealed who they’re voting for (and you’ll never guess the result). | Surprise, surprise: the staff of Jezebel has revealed who they’re voting for (and you’ll never guess the result). |
| (Slightly more diverse results on the staff of Slate, if you’re interested). | (Slightly more diverse results on the staff of Slate, if you’re interested). |
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| Another suffragette appreciation post from (Guardian writer) S E Smith: | Another suffragette appreciation post from (Guardian writer) S E Smith: |
| Don't forget badass disabled suffragettes like Helen Keller & Rosa May Billinghurst. Billinghurst used her wheelchair as battering ram, FYI. | Don't forget badass disabled suffragettes like Helen Keller & Rosa May Billinghurst. Billinghurst used her wheelchair as battering ram, FYI. |
| A little more about Billinghurst here, courtesy of historian Sheila Hanlon: | A little more about Billinghurst here, courtesy of historian Sheila Hanlon: |
| She organised events and meetings, took part in demonstrations, was a regular in processions, and served as secretary of the Greenwich branch. Without the use of her legs, she relied on an invalid tricycle for the mobility she needed to be a full participant in the suffrage action. Her invalid tricycle was, for the time, a high tech wheelchair modeled on a tricycle and propelled by hand controls. | She organised events and meetings, took part in demonstrations, was a regular in processions, and served as secretary of the Greenwich branch. Without the use of her legs, she relied on an invalid tricycle for the mobility she needed to be a full participant in the suffrage action. Her invalid tricycle was, for the time, a high tech wheelchair modeled on a tricycle and propelled by hand controls. |
| Billinghurst was a regular participant in the WSPU’s public processions. She attracted public attention by appearing dressed in white and wheeling along with her machine decked out in coloured WSPU ribbons and “Votes for Women” banners. Billinghurst rose to prominence as a recognizable public figure and became known as “the cripple suffragette.” | Billinghurst was a regular participant in the WSPU’s public processions. She attracted public attention by appearing dressed in white and wheeling along with her machine decked out in coloured WSPU ribbons and “Votes for Women” banners. Billinghurst rose to prominence as a recognizable public figure and became known as “the cripple suffragette.” |
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| Ivanka for president? | Ivanka for president? |
| Hillary Clinton may or may not become the first female president of the United States, but others are already eyeing 2020 and beyond. Katrina Jorgensen writes about why she could be convinced to vote for the other Trump – Ivanka. | Hillary Clinton may or may not become the first female president of the United States, but others are already eyeing 2020 and beyond. Katrina Jorgensen writes about why she could be convinced to vote for the other Trump – Ivanka. |
| Ivanka in particular has all her father’s “pros” and almost none of his incredibly off-putting cons. She has balanced motherhood with owning her own company. She has been successful in practically every area of business, including her work as an author, all while keeping a certain amount of traditional femininity that Republicans still praise. She came into the political spotlight as an outsider but has proven she has plenty of acumen on the campaign trail, at the same level or even beyond that of her father. She has access to the Trump family’s self-funding resources. She would even have Donald Trump himself at her disposal as a fiercely loyal supporter unafraid to speak his mind on camera. | Ivanka in particular has all her father’s “pros” and almost none of his incredibly off-putting cons. She has balanced motherhood with owning her own company. She has been successful in practically every area of business, including her work as an author, all while keeping a certain amount of traditional femininity that Republicans still praise. She came into the political spotlight as an outsider but has proven she has plenty of acumen on the campaign trail, at the same level or even beyond that of her father. She has access to the Trump family’s self-funding resources. She would even have Donald Trump himself at her disposal as a fiercely loyal supporter unafraid to speak his mind on camera. |
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| When you’ve always been told that a woman can’t be president... | When you’ve always been told that a woman can’t be president... |
| We’re seeing many folks who voted for Clinton say they want their daughters to understand that they can be anything – even president. Throughout this election, lots of women have recalled a time when they thought being president was a man’s job. We’ve pasted a few of them below. One of our favorites: “In 3rd grade a boy told me a woman can’t be president because she would turn all the Walgreens into nail salons”. | We’re seeing many folks who voted for Clinton say they want their daughters to understand that they can be anything – even president. Throughout this election, lots of women have recalled a time when they thought being president was a man’s job. We’ve pasted a few of them below. One of our favorites: “In 3rd grade a boy told me a woman can’t be president because she would turn all the Walgreens into nail salons”. |
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