Her daughter, my mother, bought herself a car by working through her summers, teaching kids how to speak English and how to swim.
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She volunteered to guard ballot boxes from (armed!) thugs during Mexico's nascent democratic journey.
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When the old boys' club of her local professional association put a glass ceiling on her advancement, she started her own chapter.
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In 1995, my mother moved heaven and earth (and satellite tv parabolas) to watch Hillary in Beijing.
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I vividly remember the intensity of the moment for her. She was transfixed, she clapped, she cried, she cheered.
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I didn't understand then (I was 10), but Hillary is and has been a role model for several generations of women who made their own way.
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Women (all over the world!) who overcame discrimination and structural oppression, with few or no examples of other women doing the same.
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Jorge Ortiz Retweeted Hillary Clinton
Tonight is for every little girl who dreams big. And it's also for every grown woman who achieves big.https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/740349871073398785 …
Jorge Ortiz added,
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(And yes, my mother, and her mother, have been been known to wear pantsuits.)
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. Here's to finishing the job in November.
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