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natural course of evolution, and were perhaps just hastened
a few years by the fierce agitations to obtain them…..

You will go out into the world and get elected onto as many
public bodies as possible, and by degree through your
exertions no public institution – whether hospital,
workhouse, asylum or any other, and no private house – but
will be supporting the industries of your country….

5. And finally, an excerpt from Kamala Harris Victory
speech as the new VP of the USA:
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 country of possibilities. 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.

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Merav Michaeli may not be a socialist. Merav Michaeli may
not be the leader of a party which will garner enough votes
to lead this country from the front. Merav Michaeli may
never become the prime minister of Israel. But she’s the
woman leading the Labor Party, which continues to be my
political home as the least bad option, and she’s getting my
vote.