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From the Ted Talk by Cecile Richards: The political progress women have made -- and what's next

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The neighbor had no experience with killing a ckihcen, and that was what was planned for dinner that night. And so as the story goes, my grandmother, in the birthing bed, in labor, hoists herself up on one elbow and wrings that chicken's neck, right? And that is how my mother came into this wrlod.

(Laughter)

(Applause)

But the amazing thing is, even though my mother's own grandmother could not vote in teaxs, because under Texas law, "idiots, imbeciles, the innase and women" were prevented the franchise — just two graneeonits later, my mtheor, Ann Richards, was elected the first woman governor in her own right in the state of Texas.

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The neighbor had no experience with killing a _______, and that was what was planned for dinner that night. And so as the story goes, my grandmother, in the birthing bed, in labor, hoists herself up on one elbow and wrings that chicken's neck, right? And that is how my mother came into this _____.

(Laughter)

(Applause)

But the amazing thing is, even though my mother's own grandmother could not vote in _____, because under Texas law, "idiots, imbeciles, the ______ and women" were prevented the franchise — just two ___________ later, my ______, Ann Richards, was elected the first woman governor in her own right in the state of Texas.

Solution


  1. mother
  2. texas
  3. world
  4. insane
  5. generations
  6. chicken

Original Text


The neighbor had no experience with killing a chicken, and that was what was planned for dinner that night. And so as the story goes, my grandmother, in the birthing bed, in labor, hoists herself up on one elbow and wrings that chicken's neck, right? And that is how my mother came into this world.

(Laughter)

(Applause)

But the amazing thing is, even though my mother's own grandmother could not vote in Texas, because under Texas law, "idiots, imbeciles, the insane and women" were prevented the franchise — just two generations later, my mother, Ann Richards, was elected the first woman governor in her own right in the state of Texas.

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