US election 2020: The 19th amendment and a 100-year milestone for women
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment in the United States, which guaranteed American women the right to vote.
To mark this year's centennial, the BBC spoke to a number of women running for office - both Republican and Democrat - to see what has been achieved and what is left to do.Jennifer Carroll Foy, Gubernatorial Candidate for Virginia For Ms Caroll Foy, on the centennial of the 19th amendment, it's even more important to have a woman of colour on the ballot."When you don't see women in power, it's hard to fathom that being a possibility," she said."It's not lost on me that I would be the first black woman governor in our country."
But Ms Van Duyne's 16-year career in politics has been chequered by misogyny at various points. As the first female mayor of Irving, Texas, she remembers having to overcome an"old boy network" of all-male city council members."I approached it from the outside in," she recalled."I don't know how many men get called 'honey' at a council meeting."
As a woman in politics, Ms Oliver believes that greater representation in the House would lead to a more collaborative policy approach across party lines."Women have similar goals when it comes to education, access to healthcare and investing in infrastructure." Ms Ramirez Mukherjee and her brother were the first in their family to attend university, and she recalls that their mother didn't raise them to see any difference between genders."I didn't see that there was a 'role' of a girl or a boy," she said."It was about who had the skill or the interest to get the job done."
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