When I step into the voting booth to cast my ballot for our nation’s first female president, I’ll be carrying the legacies of my great-grandmother, Edna, and my grandmother, Margaret. Edna, a resilient widow, defied the expectations of her time by investing her last dime in her daughters’ education. Thanks to her courage, one daughter became a physician, while the other, my grandmother Margaret, dedicated her life to social work.
I’ll also honor Margaret, who, during the Great Depression when it was illegal to share birth control information, quietly passed along the contact for what would eventually become a vital reproductive health resource. Here’s Margaret, suited up and ready to face the world in the best semblance of a pantsuit she could manage back then! And yes, I’ll be donning a pantsuit myself, adorned with Edna’s cherished locket and Margaret’s brooch. I stand on their shoulders, proud and inspired.
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All of us carry the weight of those who came before us, and their stories fuel our determination to move forward.