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Jessi Ebben: “Wisconsin was the first state to ratify the 19th amendment…”

Featuring: Jessi Ebben, Republican | Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, 7th Congressional District

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Hometown Conversations: Women in local government

Published | Video Starts at 29:59

Yeah. To kind of highlight a few points, being a woman in Wisconsin is very exciting because we have a long history of supporting women in government. We were Wisconsin was the first state to ratify the 19th amendment allowing women to vote. That's exciting. I think that shows that Wisconsin has never really shied away from having women involved. And you know, we had, in 1989 is actually when we hit a peak for women elected to the state assembly. (29:59–30:04)

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