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ELIZABETH WARREN PERSISTED -- AS LONG AS SHE COULD

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By Mona Austin Elizabeth Warren did not want to announce the end of her run for president barely a week into Women's History Month. By this time next year -- in 2021, she'd hoped to have become a history-maker by becoming the first woman in the United States to become president. She was one of six women who ran this election cycle, each facing various degrees of gender bias and sexism. Where there less conscious and subconscious bias about women ruling, one of the six could have been in the top seat in America. The reality is that even though America is progressive in many ways, we are not prepared to accept a woman becoming leader of the nation. We are so close to making this sophisticated move that the possibility feels tangible, but still America is not there yet. If we were, the collective voice of the women electorate could have cancelled out the ploys of the Democratic establishment and nothing would have been able to stop her. Voters tend to vot...