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“We're not often taught their stories. But as Americans, we all stand on their shoulders.”
Source: Acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, 19 August 2020
Context In her 2020 nomination speech, given in the week of the centenary of the 19th Amendment's ratification, she paid tribute to the women who fought for the right to vote.
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