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SR: Yes, that is my hope as well. The first step and every step thereafter. August 18 marks the th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women in the United States the right to vote.

When you look back at the events that led up to the ratification of that amendment and the struggle to secure equal rights for women, how important is that moment? What does it have you thinking about right now? MO: I am thinking about how the story of progress in this country is written by the people who believe what should happen actually can happen.

One hundred years ago, there were plenty of naysayers who thought granting women the right to vote would lead to societal decline. The suffrage movement may not have been fully welcoming to women like them, but they kept on working anyway.

SR: So many people seem to feel that voting or not voting does not directly affect them. What do you think has led them to feel that way? When you get whole families thinking like that, whole communities, then you start to see how the impact multiplies.

But the pandemic has pulled the curtain back on that line of thinking. We have all sorts of examples right now of that leadership in action and its effect on our daily lives. So every single person out there needs to ask themselves, do they trust the folks in charge to make the right call? Because when a crisis hits, there are no do-overs. So for everyone here, can you give us some clear, simple talking points that we can use on why voting is so important?

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