Hillary Clinton will be the first woman to lead a major political party in the race for the White House.
The Democratic Party officially nominated Clinton Tuesday, a historic move celebrated by many in the star-studded boisterous crowd at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Clinton was not in attendance at the DNC, but instead made a simple but powerful statement via social media.
“History.”
There was a flood of support for Clinton online, many celebrating the shattering of a glass ceiling.
In a nod to the historic significance of Clinton’s nomination, Jerry Emmett, a 102-year-old woman born before women had the right to vote in the United States, cast the delegate ballots for Arizona.
Arizona resident Emmett is a self-described lifelong “good Democrat” who, the Phoenix New Times reports, has a “Hillary room” at her home packed with Clinton and Democratic Party paraphernalia.
She likens Clinton to a modern-day Rosie the Riveter, the New Times reported. Emmett didn’t expect to live past 100, and said she never expected to be able to cast a vote for a woman for president.
“I’m strictly joined at the hip to Hillary Clinton, and I’ve admired her all of her life,” Emmett said.
Clinton has selected Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate. Americans will head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Should Clinton be elected as leader of the United States, she will join a growing yet still small group of women in power. The number of women leaders doubled between 2005 and 2015, according to a Pew Research report.
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“Women account for about one-in-10 of today’s leaders of United Nations member states,” the report said.
“A woman in power is hardly the norm around the world.”
With a file from the Associated Press
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