50 - Virginia, Jennifer Foy
We almost had a new amendment to the constitution in 2020. I wanted it. To share the 100th anniversary with a chance to make everyone free all the time. Anyone. It makes a difference. But alas, it needs to start over from the beginning. Virginia accepted the Nineteenth Amendment into its constitution on February 21, 1952. Ms. Foy is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 2nd District. Born and raised in Virginia, she was in the third class of female cadets to attend the Virginia Military Institute with a full scholarship. After graduating law school, she spent a small time as a litigation associate in Los Angeles. She moved back to Virginia to be open practice for criminal defense. She ran for office in 2017 on a platform of expanding Medicaid, raising the minimum wage, teacher pay, and criminal justice reform. Winning her race, she now sit on the Courts of Justice, Finance, and Public Safety Committees. On January 15, 2020, Foy succeeded in working with the Virg...