The Nineteenth

A leader in an American community that is commonly overlooked, Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz is a growing, strong woman that will insist that Puerto Rico is not forgotten. She may bring Puerto Rico into statehood, and I hope to see that day with her at the helm. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States of America. Serving as the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico since 2013, Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz has dealt with significant issues within her country, and she is the current candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico. Mayor Cruz graduated Cum Laude from Boston University and received a Master of Science in Public Management and Policy at the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University. Her service and contributions were a significant part of her life, earning the Spirit Award. She quickly went into politics of her country, winning her first election in 2008, and elevating her to the Ranking Member of the Woman Affairs Committee. She gained support for each of her elections and w...

Mother to one of our current Associate Justice of the Peace, Anne Gorsuch Burford was the first Woman Administrator to the Environmental Protection Agency. Unfortunately and regardless of being a leader to a lot of similarities to what we are experiencing right now, she was a pioneer. Wyoming is the 27th state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment on January 27, 1920. In 1981, Ronald Reagan appointed Ms. Gorsuch Burford to Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She moved through school quickly, graduating University of Colorado Boulder at 19 and receiving her Juris Doctor (law) degree at 22. She received a Fulbright Scholarship to study criminal law in Jaipur, India for one year with her husband David Gorsuch. She served most of her representation in Colorado before joining Reagan’s transition team. Her nomination was unanimously agreed upon in 1981. Her “New Federalist” approach to the EPA pushed to downsize federal agencies to the states and cut the budget of...

I found this webpage that documents a lot about women's rights in countries around the world. Where we have advanced over the past 100 years, there are still countries all over that struggle for the bare essential rights we have already started to take for granted. We need to remember that the fight is not over for the world. Vatican City Vatican City is the only remaining country that women cannot vote. And, at this trajectory, never will. As the centre of the Roman Catholic Church, the only people that can vote at all are the cardinals, operating on a religious doctrine. There is a story, fact or fable, that a woman was once about to be ordained as Pope when she delivered a baby on her way. Yet to be confirmed ... or debunked. Afghanistan Ruled by Shi’a Family Law, since 2009, women are not permitted to leave the home. In 2014, women did turn out in record numbers to vote and run for office. Through protests and threats of exile and persecution, they stood together to mak...