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"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex"
This Girl Can Vote!
Jacqui Fishman
This Girl Can! Change the World
is proud to launch our
This Girl Can Vote! Collection
We believe that EVERY girl from the earliest age should be empowered with not only an understanding of #civics but also a strong belief in herself. Every girl should realize the role that she can play-no matter her age- in helping her community, and her country to create change and ensure that democracy thrives to fulfill the promise of equality for all.
This Girl Can! use her voice. She can learn about how government works and why voting matters. She can knock on doors, make phone calls, register voters, organize, rally, take action, support...at any level. This Girl Can! be confident. She can be inspired and inspiring. She can be a leader. This Girl Can! run! starting even in a school or community group election...and She can vote!
Our This Girl Can Vote! Collection was inspired by the 2020 celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Thanks to the courage and determination of so many women over 70 years of protest and perseverance the Constitution was amended to ensure that the right to vote cannot be denied on account of sex. It would be another five decades before the vote was secured for ALL, and the fight continues, but…
This Girl Can Vote!… And She Will!
“People say, what is the sense of our small effort?
They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time,
take one step at a time.
A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless.
There is too much work to do.”
~ Dorothy Day
Come view our new collection-
A portion of the proceeds from all our collections goes to supporting organizations around the globe working to promote girls' education, health, security, and freedom.
Be sure to support organizations, such as the ones below, who are working to educate and ensure that we understand and respect the history of the hard-fought right to vote, that every voice is heard, that #votingrights endure and that we empower every girl to believe that Yes! This Girl Can Change the World.
National Women's History Museum. Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation, She Should Run, When We All Vote, IGNITE National, Smithsonian American Women's History Museum, Rock the Vote, Ruling Our eXperiences (ROX), Girls Inc., National Women's Hall of Fame, She's the First, Girls Opportunity Alliance, Girls Leadership, Lean In Girls
“Voting is the only way to ensure
that your concerns matter—Period.
So when you don’t vote, what you’re really doing
is letting someone else
take power over your own life.”
~ Michelle Obama
"Dream with Ambition" This Girl Can! Believe
Jacqui Fishman
"But while I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a county of possibilities."
Kamala Harris, Vice-President-Elect, November 7, 2020
How many times in the last 24 hours have we seen and heard little girls, ALL little girls, looking wide-eyed and smiling at images and footage of the soon to be Vice-President of the United States, Kamala Harris. How many little girls of color looked at their Mom and Dad with expressions of glee and exclaiming, “She looks like me!” The Vice-President elect has made history not only as the very first woman to be elected to higher office-about time wouldn’t you say!, but also the first woman of color and the first woman of South Asian descent -lots of glass shattered this week!
Kamala Devi Harris, a daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants has been elected to the second highest office in the land 100 years after the passage of the 19th amendment enfranchised women. Wearing. white, as she made her first public appearance as Vice-President elect, in honor of all who came before, the Kamala Harris spoke directly to every little girl and made it clear in NO way would she be the last to make history. It is also 55 years since the passage of the Voting Rights Act abolishing the disenfranchisement of Black Americans. 35 years ago Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman to run for Vice-President and she was asked repeatedly throughout that 1984 campaign if she was “tough enough” for the job. Whether with a stiletto or Jack Purcell All Star, Kamala Harris has kicked a door down, a very big door, and in so doing she has shown EVERY girl that Yes! This Girl Can!…and She Will! Congratulations Madame Vice-President-elect.
“And to the children of our country, regardless of your gender, our country has sent you a clear message: Dream with ambition, lead with conviction. And see yourselves in a way that others may not simply because they’ve never seen it before, but know that we will applaud you every step of the way.”
~Kamala Harris, Vice-President elect , November 7, 2020