The movie
Suffragette is
now playing. With Hillary Clinton running strong for the Democratic
nomination, Gail Collins provides a Sunday morning history lesson on
how we arrived at this point. Who were the women who paved the way, who
opposed them, and how? Except for op-eds written by Hillary, there
have not been many featured here in recent years, but Gail spoke with Hillary, so this one is special and ranks right up there with
interviews. It is a nice concise summary of the women who have tried
with a few surprises. Have a lovely Sunday!
NOV. 7, 2015
Credit Hieronymus, photograph by Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist for The New York Times
Gail Collins
Op-Ed Columnist
IT’S
officially one year until the presidential election. Amazing how time
flies, isn’t it? Once again we’re watching debates featuring what
appears to be the entire supporting cast of “Ben-Hur.” Once again we’re
asking ourselves why Iowa always gets to be first. Once again we’re
wondering whether Hillary Clinton will make history by becoming the
first woman president.
“It’s hard
to believe there’s another year,” Clinton said in a phone interview,
taking the glass-half-empty perspective. She was on her way to the
airport during a fund-raising swing through California, broken up by an
appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show. Her formula for making it
through another 12 months, she said cheerfully, was pretty simple:
“We’re just getting up every morning. Step by step.”
“It’ll be a
long slog,” she added with what I believe the entire nation understands
is total accuracy. “But it’s more fun this time because I feel like
we’re doing better.”
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