Woman born before suffrage casts vote for Clinton

[DonViejo]

A 102-year-old woman born six years before women could vote in the United States very publicly cast her ballot Tuesday for the first female major party presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton.

According to the Associated Press, Jerry Emmett — who made a splash during the 2016 Democratic National Convention in July as an honorary delegate — urged voters in her native Arizona on Tuesday to follow her lead and support Clinton's candidacy through early voting.

"I am getting to vote for Hillary Clinton for President which has been my dream since Bill Clinton was President," she said reporters Tuesday, according to the The Daily Courier of Prescott. Emmett was born in 1914, prior to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. The retired educator helped cast 51 of Arizona's 85 votes for Clinton during the DNC in Philadelphia in July. “And 51 votes for the next president of the United States of America, Hillary Rodham Clinton!” she said, according to reports.

Later, speaking to the Washington Post, Emmett described how emotionally moved she was by the moment. “I’m crying, and I never cry,” she said. “Clinton deserves it so much. She has been so good and such an example that we can do anything.”
The centenarian told the Associated Press that she's been waiting all her life to vote for a woman and is eager to support Clinton, who would be the nation's first female president.


http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/woman-born-before-suffrage-casts-vote-for-clinton-230617#ixzz4Os2N3kBx

[CrispyQ]

2. Love it!!

Shared on FB!

[Hortensis]

3. Ahhh. She's really seen it all, has lived through decades of

losses of friends and family, but is still strong, informed, hopeful, and ENGAGED. What a lovely person.

[gademocrat7]

4. K&R!

Congrats to Ms. Emmett.

[Lucinda]

6. KNR Thank you!

[DownriverDem]

7. If only

My Mom were here to vote for Hillary. She too was born before women had the vote. She was a rabid Dem and would have been so into this election.