It’s exciting. It’s dramatic. Our suffrage ancestors would be proud. I’m speaking of the buzz around the upcoming elections. With both presidential contenders out to woo the votes of women, there’s more than I can even read online.
For starters, it was exciting when First Lady Michelle Obama mentioned suffrage activists being dragged off to jail in her speech to the Democratic National Convention in early September. The buzz about the suffrage movement is out there, and awareness of this period of our history is increasing, slowly but surely.
L.O.V.E. Let One Voice Emerge is a non-partisan campaign targeting young voters. Pass on the link. The upcoming election is pushing voting issues to the forefront!