History is and isn't a reason to support or vote for a candidate. Remembering what demagogues have wrought in the past is an critical reason to reject demagogue now. Reaching a new level of inclusion by having a woman as President in and of itself is not a reason to support and vote for a woman. But when that woman candidate is of the highest competence and can defeat the most dangerous candidate - perhaps in the history of this nation - we have a double winner.
Here are my ancestors - my mom is the "baby" in 1916 or 1917 with her mother, grandmother and great grandmother. My grandmother, born before woman's right to vote, cherished her right to vote and never missed an opportunity. None of them lived to see this day.
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