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Hillary Clinton Honors Danica Roem, Emma Gonzalez, More for Women's Day
The first woman nominated for president by a major party tweets a diverse list of women who inspire her.
March 08 2018 1:55 PM EST
March 08 2018 2:28 PM EST
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For International Women's Day, Hillary Clinton today tweeted a diverse list of women who inspire her, including groundbreaking transgender legislator Danica Roem and bisexual gun-control activist Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting.
"In honor of #InternationalWomensDay, I want to celebrate some of the women and girls who inspire me every day," Clinton wrote. "These women resist inequality, insist on a better world, persist against all odds, and enlist others in our shared fights."
Roem, she wrote, "put a huge crack in the glass ceiling last November, then got right to work to serve her constituents." Roem was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, beating a virulently anti-LGBT incumbent, and became the first openly transgender person to be sworn in to any state legislature in the U.S. (Others have been elected but not seated or were not out at the time of their election.)
Clinton honored Gonzalez along with other activists for prevention of gun violence, such as former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords and Shannon R. Watts, a founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. She lauded them "and so many others, whose righteous voices have pushed us to see possibility and a path forward on gun violence prevention."
Others named by Clinton include Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo movement; Rachael Denhollander and other members of the U.S. Gymnastics team who spoke out about sexual assault; the U.S. women's hockey and soccer teams, who demanded pay equity; the members of Mothers of the Movement, who have lost children to gun crimes or police brutality; immigrants' rights activist Astrid Silva; and more. See her full series of tweets below.
\u201cIn honor of #InternationalWomensDay, I want to celebrate some of the women and girls who inspire me every day.\n\nThese women resist inequality, insist on a better world, persist against all odds, and enlist others in our shared fights.\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1520524573
\u201cThe courageous @Astrid_NV fights tirelessly to protect DREAMers and keep immigrant families together.\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1520524573
\u201c@Astrid_NV @IAmMarleyDias is the brains behind #1000BlackGirlBooks, an effort to ensure black girls like her can see themselves in books.\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1520524573
\u201c@Astrid_NV @iammarleydias @AiJenPoo organizes @domesticworkers\u2014one of the fastest growing parts of the American workforce\u2014who deserve the same respect and care they show our loved ones.\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1520524573
\u201c@Astrid_NV @iammarleydias @aijenpoo @domesticworkers @reshmasaujani tackles the gender gap in technology by inspiring girls and women to learn to code.\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1520524573
\u201c@Astrid_NV @iammarleydias @aijenpoo @domesticworkers @reshmasaujani Rachael Denhollander and the many women of US Gymnastics have bravely shone a light on sexual assault in sports.\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1520524573
\u201c@Astrid_NV @iammarleydias @aijenpoo @domesticworkers @reshmasaujani The US women\u2019s hockey and soccer teams stood up for themselves and all women in sports by demanding pay equity and fair treatment.\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1520524573
\u201c@Astrid_NV @iammarleydias @aijenpoo @domesticworkers @reshmasaujani @ColleenFlangan advocates for health care and Americans with disabilities\u2014absolutely refusing to be ignored.\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1520524573
\u201c@Astrid_NV @iammarleydias @aijenpoo @domesticworkers @reshmasaujani @ColleenFlangan My friends @SybrinaFulton, @GwenCarrERIC, @MariaHa05153239, @lucymcbath, @iammikesmother, Geneva Reed-Veal, Cleopatra Pendleton-Cowley, and Annette Nance-Holt have turned their mourning into a movement, fighting for a criminal justice system that actually delivers justice.\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1520524573
\u201c@Astrid_NV @iammarleydias @aijenpoo @domesticworkers @reshmasaujani @ColleenFlangan @SybrinaFulton @GwenCarrERIC @MariaHa05153239 @lucymcbath @IamMikesMother @pwcdanica put a huge crack in the glass ceiling last November, then got right to work to serve her constituents.\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1520524573
\u201c@Astrid_NV @iammarleydias @aijenpoo @domesticworkers @reshmasaujani @ColleenFlangan @SybrinaFulton @GwenCarrERIC @MariaHa05153239 @lucymcbath @IamMikesMother @pwcdanica @NadiaMuradBasee and Wai Wai Nu are two inspiring young human rights activists I met last month at Georgetown. Nadia is raising awareness of human trafficking and Wai Wai is speaking out for peace in Myanmar and against the persecution of the Rohingya.\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1520524573
\u201c@Astrid_NV @iammarleydias @aijenpoo @domesticworkers @reshmasaujani @ColleenFlangan @SybrinaFulton @GwenCarrERIC @MariaHa05153239 @lucymcbath @IamMikesMother @pwcdanica @NadiaMuradBasee @TaranaBurke founder of the #MeToo movement \u2014 and catalyst for a sea change in our national dialogue.\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1520524621
\u201c@Astrid_NV @iammarleydias @aijenpoo @domesticworkers @reshmasaujani @ColleenFlangan @SybrinaFulton @GwenCarrERIC @MariaHa05153239 @lucymcbath @IamMikesMother @pwcdanica @NadiaMuradBasee @TaranaBurke @Emma4Change @ShannonRWatts @GabbyGiffords and so many others, whose righteous voices have pushed us to see possibility and a path forward on gun violence prevention.\u201d— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1520524767
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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.