What Do You Do With a Voice Like That?

She put it to public use.

Barbara wanted more justice and more equality. She knew that these things began with more citizens sharing their own voices with their representatives in government. To make sure they got heard, Barbara decided to run for political office herself. So she ran.

And she lost. And she ran. And she lost. “I have no intention of being a three-time loser,” she said.

She ran a third time.

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