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Black women on what Harris’s loss says about the US: ‘Voters failed to show up for her’

“It gave so much hope,” said Christian F Nunes, president of the National Organization for Women and part of generation X, who never thought she would see a Black president – let alone a Black woman president. “It was like the opportunity and manifestation of our ancestors’ wildest dreams. That’s what I thought to myself like, if she is elected, this is what our ancestors have dreamt about, and women, and Black women have dreamt about our entire lives.”

How Wisconsin Became the Ultimate Purple State

Wisconsinites were taking the lead in another reform movement. Of the 28 women who founded of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966, eight hailed from the Badger State. One of them was Mary Eastwood, who became a member of NOW’s first legal committee, and organized the group’s much publicized 1967 picket of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). She worked tirelessly to assure that women and minorities received equal protection under the law.