Friend,

One hundred years ago today, women earned the right to vote in this country.

In the century since then, women now vote at higher rates than men. Women are running for office at growing rates, increasing representation at all levels of government.

And as we celebrate this historic day and the massive impact it had on modern society, we must not neglect the raw and complicated history behind it.

The harsh reality is that the passage of the 19th Amendment was primarily to grant upper class white women the right to vote. The fight for the right to vote left out a significant portion of the country’s female population -- lower and working class women, Trans women, Black women, Native American women, Latinx women, and Asian women continued to face various forms of voter suppression, even after the expansion of suffrage.

We are still living in a country in which women of color continue to be discriminated against, both inside and outside the voting booth. Multiple states have passed voter suppression measures to block the impacts of certain voting blocs, including women of color.

Besides the voting booth -- women of color continue to be paid significantly less than their white women colleagues.

We won't allow this to continue.

There is still so much work to be done to achieve equitable access, rights, and compensation for women -- especially women of color -- across the country. Can you pledge to support, empower, and elect women of color this year and beyond?

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With one of the most important elections of our lives coming up, we need to make sure we do everything in our power to lift women of color up and increase representation and inclusivity in our government.

As we continue to make our way through this campaign, we hope we can count on your support. We hope we can count on you to stand with all women of color -- especially those who are running for office!

In solidarity,

Georgette Gómez

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