SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE DURING THE
100TH ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN'S
SUFFRAGE IN THE U.S.
WISCONSIN LED THE WAY FOR A
WOMAN'S RIGHT TO VOTE BY BEING
THE FIRST STATE TO 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 MOORE.
HERE'S A PREVIEW.
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
>> ANOTHER FIRST IN WISCONSIN
BRINGS US TO U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
GWEN MOORE OF MILWAUKEE.
IN 2004, SHE BAIL BAIL BAIL 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 TO UP THAT NUMBER SO
THAT THERE'S NEVER A QUESTION.
>> WHEN YOU WERE FIRST ELECTED
TO OFFICE, DID YOU FEEL AS
THOUGH YOU BELONGED?
>> OH, MY GOD, FREDERICA.
WHEN I FIRST GOT THERE, MY FIRST
INSTINCT WAS TO SORT OF 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 SO THAT RESOLVE SLIPPED AWAY
RIGHT AWAY.
I HAD TO BE A WOMAN.
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