They have been fighting for property rights, for respect in divorce procedures, child custody, all that stuff. When I was mayor of Burlington not so very long ago, Women were not police officers. Women were not firefighters. Women were not in the military. Women were not welders. They were not electricians. They were not carpenters. This was not, quote unquote, women's work. (21:51–22:01)
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