A century later, we face new challenges on the path to the voting booth.
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One hundred years ago, the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving many women the right to vote. As we commemorate this historic event on Texas Standard this week, we recognize those women who made the initial right to vote possible. But I would not have been able to vote 100 years ago. Not because of my nationality. I am an American. But because the love stories that gave birth to me were not 100% white. It would take several more decades before women of color were able to exercise their right to vote. Last year, we recorded " 100 Years: Voices of Women Voters.” In it, we highlight the work of modern suffragists. One of them was Daria Vera, a farmworker who in the 1960s put her life on the line ‒ quite literally ‒ to fight against abusive labor practices. She won that fight. During our interview, she lamented the fact that her story (along with so many others) was not recorded in the history books. Daria Vera died a couple of weeks ago on August 6. But, months before her passing, her community in Rio Grande City finally erected an historical marker that bears her name. Stories like hers are why we recognize those women who didn’t give up and continued fighting. A hundred years later, we face new challenges on the path to the voting booth as the nation combats the coronavirus. And so, these stories from the past find new resonance as we move towards November.
- Joy Diaz
@KUTjoydiaz
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