THIS
ELECTION
YEAR
TAKES
ON
%SPECIAL
SIGNIFICANCE
DURING
THE
%100TH
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OF
WOMEN'S
%SUFFRAGE IN
THE
U.S.
%WISCONSIN LED THE
WAY
FOR A
%WOMAN'S
RIGHT
TO
VOTE
BY
BEING
%THE FIRST STATE
T
O
RATIFY
THE
%19TH
AMENDMENT IN
1919.
%NEXT
THURSDAY
NIGHT,
AUGUST 13,
%TUNE
IN
FOR
WISCONSIN WOMEN
%VOTE, A "HERE AND NOW" SPECIAL.
%THE
PROGRAM
FEATURES THE
THOUGHT
%OF
LEADING
WOMEN
IN
POLITICS,
%INCLUDING MILWAUKEE
%CONGRESSWOMAN GWEN
M
OORE.
%HERE'S A
PREVIEW.
%>>
THAT'S
AWESOME.%>>
ANOTHER
FIRST
IN
WISCONSIN
%BRINGS
U
S
TO
U.S.
REPRESENTATIVE%GWEN
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O
F
MILWAUKEE.
%IN
2004,
SHE
BAIL
B
AIL
BECAME
WISCONSIN'S
%FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
ELECTED.%>>
I
THINK
WOMEN'S
RIGHTS ARE ON
%THE
MENU
BECAUSE WE
HAVE
17%,
%18%
REPRESENTATION IN
CONGRESS,
%IN
LEGISLATIVE
BODIES.
%AND WE
NEED
T
O
UP
THAT
NUMBER S
O
%THAT THERE'S
NEVER A
QUESTION.
%>>
WHEN YOU WERE
FIRST
ELECTED
%TO
OFFICE, DID
YOU
FEEL
A
S
%THOUGH YOU
BELONGED?
%>>
OH,
MY
GOD,
FREDERICA.
%WHEN I
FIRST
GOT
THERE,
MY
FIRST
%INSTINCT
WAS
T
O
SORT
O
F
PRETEBD%I
PRETEND%I
WAS A
MAB,
YOU
KNOW.
% MAB, YOU KNOW.
%I'M GOING TO GET
IN
THERE
AND
%SHOW THEM I'LL
JUST
AS GOOD
AS
%THE
OLD
BOYS.
%AND THAT
LASTED
ABOUT A DAY
%BEFORE I
STARTED
SEEING
ALL
THE
%INITIATIVES
COME
DOWN
THAT
WERE
%DISQUIETING
POLICIES FOR
WOMEN
%AND
CHILDREN.
%AND
S
O
THAT
RESOLVE
SLIPPED
AWAY
%RIGHT
AWAY.
%I HAD TO
BE A
WOMAN.
%>>