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Greg Casar: “A movement of women and their allies somehow got the 19th…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Rep. Greg Casar Keynote Address for Netroots Nation

Published | Video Starts at 09:42

They did that. Think about that. That's way harder than anything we're talking about over here, the 19th Amendment. In 1919, there weren't women on the House floor, but. But A movement of women and their allies somehow got the 19th amendment passed to win the vote for women in 1919. People have faced down these impossible conditions. And as folks have talked about, our heroes of the past, be they in the movement for abolition, be they in the civil … (09:42–09:49)

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Asserts that the 19th Amendment was passed due to a movement of women and their allies.

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