PROTESTERS.
DON:
TODAY MARKS A MAJOR MILESTONE
FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
IN
AMERICA, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE
CELEBRATING.
RESIDENTS OF APPLEWOOD - A
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IN
AMHERST - HOSTED A PARADE TODAY
TO HONOR 100 YEARS OF WOMEN'S
SUFFRAGE.
PARTICIPANTS DRESSED IN WHITE TO
HONOR THE WOMEN WHO FOUGHT FOR
DECADES FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
MUSIC, SPEAKERS, A
SOCIALLY-DISTANT PARADE AND
REFRESHMENTS
MARKED THE OCCASION.
IT TOOK 72 YEARS FOR THOSE
FEMALE ACTIVISTS
BACK THEN TO BRING THIS ABOUT,
BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL STORY AND
THE WOMEN HERE JUST
WANTED TO CELEBRATE, TO SAY WE
GOT THE VOTE, WE WILL VOTE, WE
THINK ITS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR
EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF THEIR
POLITICAL LEANINGS TO VOTE AND
MAKE THIER VOICES HEARD.
DON:
THE MONTH OF AUGUST MARKS THE
100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSAGE
OF
THE 19TH AMENDMENT... WHICH
GUARANTEED AND PROTECTS WOMEN'S
