I got to vote

I got to vote the other day, and it was totally awesome. This was the first time I have taken advantage of my privilege to vote. It was quite thrilling. My women's studies class is actually what motivated me to leave the house on November 2, 2010 and go vote. During previous elections I may have let this opportunity pass me by. Now that I have more knowledge about what women went threw to get the right to vote I promise I will let this opportunity pass no more. It was interesting to go into this small damp elementary school gymnasium and see all the different types of people stepping up and making there vote count. I felt like I was some how making a difference when I added my scantron to the piles of people who had voted before me. In addition, I felt exceptionally patriotic when they gave me my little "I voted" sticker which I wore with pride all day long. It is quite an awesome feeling to know that we can make a difference somehow and have a say in the way things are going.  It's only been 90 years since the 19th amendment was ratified giving women the right to vote. And lets not forget the many, many, many, many years leading up to 1920 in which women fought day after day to get us that right. Lets not let such a golden opportunity pass us by. The women before us worked so hard to get us this privilege so do your part and use it.