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Sparkly

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Wed Apr 27, 2022, 09:02 PM Apr 2022

HRC's words eulogizing Madeleine Albright were heartening to me.

I loved hearing Hillary Rodham Clinton extolling the staunch feminism of Madeleine Albright today, including the mention of that "special place in hell" for which she got so much flak. I was glad to know Albright had encouraged HRC to proclaim "women's rights are human rights, once and for all" in Beijing, 1995.

I did not know that they called each other "59" and "69" for their graduating classes at Wellesley. I was a graduate of the so-called "Eighth Sister School" in '79. (It took me two years longer to graduate because I went off to dance in New York for two years after sophomore year, but I'm still considered "79.&quot

Women like these - and their daughters - fill me with pride, inspiration, and reassurance.

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HRC's words eulogizing Madeleine Albright were heartening to me. (Original Post) Sparkly Apr 2022 OP
I thought Hillary's speech today was the best. DURHAM D Apr 2022 #1
Glad I wasn't alone here! Sparkly Apr 2022 #2
Hillary was very animated. DURHAM D Apr 2022 #3
We need to get rid of the Electoral College LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2022 #4
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