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Hillary Clinton

spooky3

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4. I especially like your point about Billie Jean King. She was and is a tremendous leader and what

Reply to MarianJack (Original post)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 09:32 PM

Jul 2016

she did and continues to do took a lot of courage (I watched my video of that match and all the hoopla and was appalled by the misogynistic comments said on camera, with no shame). As you said, she has had enormous impact on the lives of girls and women AND has helped many athletes, male and female, achieve things they never could have without her.

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I'm a 61 year old white guy, and tonight,... [View all] MarianJack Jul 2016 OP

Beautiful post. You guys are all making me cry tonight! Squinch Jul 2016 #1

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I especially like your point about Billie Jean King. She was and is a tremendous leader and what spooky3 Jul 2016 #4

The sexism that night WAS pretty blatent, but... MarianJack Jul 2016 #12

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Well said and true! MarianJack Jul 2016 #16