When women unite, we win.”

Julia Williams
8 min readOct 29, 2020

Over the last several weeks, women across New Hampshire have come together to discuss the issues at stake for us in this election and how we can effectively activate our communities to get out the vote. With just a few days to go until the most consequential election of our lifetimes, over 400 of us have come together to state why we support Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

From health care to climate change to racial justice to the need for empathetic, unifying leadership, there is so much we’re fighting for this election. As Granite State women, here are some of the top issues on the line for us and our communities:

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the reality that too many women are struggling to support their families and worrying about their children’s future. COVID-19 has forced us to make sacrifices by balancing work and family caregiving, and the majority of people who have had to leave the workforce over the past 6 months have been women. We trust Joe Biden’s plan to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control, by listening to scientists and public health experts, and prioritizing our health, safety, and economic wellbeing.

Second, our need for affordable, accessible health care is greater now than it’s ever been. But as you read this, Donald Trump is in court trying to overturn the Affordable Care Act and take away critical protections to over 507,000 Granite Staters living with pre-existing conditions — in the middle of a global pandemic! Joe Biden has already laid out a detailed set of plans to ensure every American will have access to quality, affordable health care by protecting and expanding the ACA to lower premiums, deductibles and drug costs, and re-open enrollment to cover those impacted by COVID.

As women, we are also disproportionately caregivers for children, aging parents, and others. In New Hampshire, the options for child care or sick and elder care are very limited. Low wages and limited sick time make it nearly impossible to balance caring for our families while working, and we’re often faced with stark economic choices. The Trump administration has only exacerbated these challenges, but Joe Biden will expand access to care for children, seniors and disabled people, and provide paid family medical leave and ensure fair and flexible work schedules. This will help women across the Granite State balance family and work, and have access to greater economic opportunities. We all know that when women are supported, entire communities are supported.

For Joe, it comes down to something very simple: He wants us to live in a country where his daughter has the same rights and opportunities as his sons. He’s always been a champion for our paychecks, our health care, our safety, and our families. Joe and Kamala have a bold and comprehensive Agenda for Women that covers everything from health care to student debt to small business support that will support all women.

With the election just days away, we ask you to join us in making a plan to vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on or before November 3rd, and make sure your friends and family do, too! Women have the power to determine the outcome of this election, and when women show up, we win.

How to Vote in NH!

1- You can drop off your absentee ballot at your clerk’s office.

2- You can go to your town clerk, request an application for an absentee ballot, fill out your ballot, and return to your town clerk all in one visit.

3- You can vote in person on November 3rd!

4- If you have already mailed in your ballot, be sure to track your ballot (https://www.voteinnh.org/votetracker) and ensure it has arrived.

5- Not sure if you’re registered to vote? NH has same-day registration! Go to your clerk’s office to register and vote.

6- Visit iwillvote.com/NH or call the NHDP’s 24/7 Voter Assistance Hotline 603-GO-N-VOTE (603–466–8683) with any questions!

For all other states, visit iwillvote.com

NH Women for Biden Signatories:

Meredith Abramson, Bow; Donna Ackerman, Wakefield; Rosemary Affeldt, Enfield; Erica Allen, Concord; Lauren Allison, Pittsfield; Susan Almy, Lebanon; Eriko Antos, Newmarket; Kassandra Ardinger, Concord; Suellen Balestra, Lebanon; Maggie Ball, Kensington; Bronwen Ballou, Lebanon; Carol Bamberry, Moultonborough; Bridget Barker, Somersworth; Amber Barnato, Hanover; katherine barnes, Hopkinton; Rachel Bartlett, Sandwich; Deb Bassett, Lyman; Ann Beams, Hanover; Tara Belanger, Concord; Stacey Bellabona, Madbury; Olivia Bergen, Manchester; Y Bernard, Nashua; Anna Berry, Manchester; Aimee Berry, Goffstown; Cheryl Bianchi, Dalton; Lisa Bianco, Gilford; Isabel Bober, Grantham; Dulcinea Bonilla, Bow; Brenda Bouchard, Portsmouth; Amanda Bouldin, Manchester; Jennifer Boyd, Dover; Ann Bradley, Hanover; Amy Bradley, Manchester; Margaret Bragg, Hanover; Katya Brennan, Concord; Rebecca Briccetti, Hopkinton; Frances Brokaw, Hanover; Rebecca Brown, Sugar Hill; Jean Brown, Hanover; Sarah Buckey, Hanover; Ashley Bullard, Sandwich; Kristin Burdick, Lyme; Kamber Burnett, Bow; Deborah Butler, Concord; Siena Calabro, Keene; Nancy Calder, Hopkinton; Kelly Calhoun, Dover; Margaret Campbell, West Lebanon; Polly Campion, Etna; Joanne Carey, Franconia; Rena Caron, Litchfield; Jocelyn Chertoff, Hanover; Maitri Chittidi, Nashua; Cathleen Chopra-McGowan, Bedford; Tara Chynoweth, Manchester; Ellen Clement, Westmoreland; Rebecca Clough, Keene; Jane Cogswell, Concord; Helen Cohen, Kensington; Hannah Collins, Lebanon; Margo Connors, Sugar Hill; Christina Conroy, Hooksett; Elizabeth (Zib) Corell, Concord; Lynn Cornell, Beford; Robyn Cotton, Concord; Emilie Coulter, Sandwich; Mary Cowan, Hopkinton; Karen Craver, Concord; Candace Crawford, Claremont; Carolyn Crosby, Meredith; Mary Cullen, Manchester; Lisa Cushing, N. Conway; Paula Czech Lesmerises, Concord; Claudia Damon, Concord; Linda Danielovich, Sandwich; Jane Davidson, Freedom; Janet Davis, Rye; Lindsay Dearborm, Lebanon; Edith DesMarais, Wolfeboro; Jessica Desrochers, Bow; Pamela Diamantis, Greenland; Elizabeth Dickerson, Derry; Christy Dolat Bartlett, Concord; Brianna Dow, Campton; April Dowling, Litchfield; Denise Doyle, Ctr. Harbor; Liza Draper, Claremont; Edwina Drummond Boose, Ctr. Ossipee; Meghan Durkee, Lee; Lisa Eberhart, Contoocook; Ellen Eberhart, Hopkinton; Mary Lynn Edwards, Manchester; Sarah Elliott, Hampton; Alfrieda Englund, Munsonville; Martha Evelyn, Sugar Hill; Judith Fairclough, Concord; Ellen Farnum, Tamworth; Kathy Felski, Merrimack; Kathryn Ferguson, Chocorua; Becky Field, Concord; Margrethe Fjeldsted, Concorc; Taylor Flanders, Concord; Andrea Folsom, MSW, Hopkinton; Sue Ford, Easton; Deborah Fournier, Exeter; Katharine Fox, MD, Concord; Nancy Fredrickson, Sandwich; Elaine French, Littleton; Barbara Fucarile, Rockingham; Martha Fuller Clark, Portsmouth; Virginia Gallagher, Etna; Lynn Garfield, Lebanon; Judi Garfinkel, Lancaster; Ann Garland, Lebanon; Linda Gathright, Nashua; Erin Geib, Sandwich; Sharon Gerard, Freedom; Eileen Gfroerer, Concord; Ella Gianino, Madbury; Leah Gillett, Hanover; Jennifer Glynn, Hampton; Merryl Goldman, Alexandria; Marlene Goldman, Concord; Liara Goldman, Bristol; Katelyn Goodington, Antrim; Anne Gordon Chehade, Hopkinton; Sue Gottling, Sunapee; Kirthi Govindarajan, Hanover; Nancy Graham, Lebanon; Susan Greene, Sandwich; Amy Greenlaw, Lee; Jill Hadaway, Bow; Elizabeth Hager, New Hampton; Mary Hakken-Phillips, Hanover; Roberta Hambleton, Lebanon; Katherine Hanna, Bedford; Lauren Hansen, Sandwich; Lindsay Hanson, Hopkinton; Laurie Harding, Lebanon; Suzanne Harmon Withee, Bedford; Ellen Hays, Whitefield; Mary Heath, Manchester; Chelsea Hedquist, Bow; Elizabeth Hengen, Concord; Martha Hennessey, Hanover; Susan Herney, Stratham; Lenore Higgins, Sandwich; Priscilla Hindley, Franconia; Barbara Hirai, Lebanon; Susan Hirshberg, Wolfeboro; Nancy Hirshberg, Wolfeboro; Lucy Hodder, Hopkinton; Tara Hoyt, Conway; Helen Ingalls, Sandwich; Maria Iozza-Taylor, Concord; Nancy Jackson-Reno, Henniker; kaytlynn Jacobs-brett, Concord; Kerry Jarnot, Concord; Margaret Jernstedt, Hanover; Barbara Jobin, Concord; Marisa Johnson, Ctr. Harbor; Linda Johnson, Manchester; Andi Johnson, Alstead; Barbara J Jones, Enfield; Judy Jorgensen, Lebanon; Ellen Joyce, Meriden; Molly Kelly, Harrisville; Gabrielle Kelly, Brentwook; Erin Kennedy, Concord; S. Caroline Kerr, Hanover; Darcy Kerr, Hanover; Beth Ketaineck, Contoocook; Gerri King, Concord; Jane Kitchel, Lyme; Eve Klotz, Effingham; Elizabeth Kohl, Hanover; Ashley Kuplin, Bristol; Jennifer Kuzma, Concord; Gigi Laberge, Henniker; Chelsea Lacasse, Concord; Maureen Laflam, Concord; Elizabeth Lamontagne, Brookfield; Cynthia Lanchester, Easton; Connie Lane, Concord; Sunday Lantos-Swett, Bow; Former Sen. President Sylvia Larsen, Concord; Wendy Larson, Kensington; Clai Lasher-Sommers, Westmoreland; Bette Lasky, Nashua; Elin Leonard, Conway; Barbara Lesher, Hanover; Lee Ann Lewis, Concord; Kristina Lind, Hebron; Jasmine Liu, Manchester; Molly Lounsbury, Moultonborough; Susan Lynch, Hopkinton; Kate M, Hanover; Sue MacDermott, Bedford; Makayla MacDermott, Bedford; Laurie MacGregor, Orford; Lisabeth Maloney, Hanover; Karen Maloney, Bridgewater; Ariel Maloney, Briston; Ashley Marcoux, Manchester; Laura Maroon, Wolfeboro; Nancy Martland, Sugar Hill; Cheryl Masello, Atkinson; Edie McCaddin, Durham; Karen McCarthy, Concord; Micaela McCormick, Londonderry; Laurie McCray, Portsmouth; Sarah McDonald, West Lebanon; Shaun McEachern, Portsmouth; Peggy McEachern, Rye; Eileen McEachern, Hampton; Sheila McGowan, Bedford; Mary McGowan, Bedford; Ana McKenna, Concord; Laurel McKernan, Lebanon; Nina McLean, Ashland; Ricia McMahon, N. Sutton; Wendy McManus, Atkinson; Judith McMurray, Hopkinton; Rachel Mead, Concord; Ashlee Medina, Hudson; Evalyn Merrick, Lancaster; Rachel Merrick-Maggs, Amherst; Lisa Merriman, Sandwich; Margaret Merritt, Sandwich; Amy Metcalf, Contoocook; Margaret Meyer, Hanover; Helene MIles, Hanover; Nadine Miller, Nashua; Cynthia Milnes, Amherst; Annie Miner-Slothower, N. Sandwich; Sindiso Mnisi Weeks, Nashua; Lianne Moccia, Lebanon; Lynne Monroe, Kensington; Marilyn Monsein, Sugar Hill; Merrie Beth Moore, Hopkinton; Virginia Morris, Hanover; Cynthia Morrison, Concord; Margaret Mulley, Hanover; Kate Mulley, Hanover; Natalie Murphy, Bridgewater; Mackenzie Murphy, Merrimack; Laurie Myers, Weare; Lindsay Nadeau, Concord; Karin Nelson, Moultonborough; Deborah Nelson, Hanover; Aubrey Nelson, Concord; betsey neville, Concord; Martha Nichols, Sandwich; Sharon Nordgren, Hanover; Terie Norelli, Portsmouth; Alice Nye, Concord; Michaela O’Connor, Lebanon; Katie O’Connell, N. Sandwich; Susan O’Connor, Concord; Kathleen O’Donnel, Keene; Janice O’Donnell, Grantham; Tora Olafsen, Sandwich; Amanda Orlowskyj, Northfield; Joanne Farrell Oscadal, Lebanon; Katie Paine, Durham; Betsy Paine, Andover; S. Riley Paquette, Sandwich; Crystal Paradis, Somersworth; beatriz pastor, Lyme; Sylvia Patten, Concord; Laura Pelletier, Tamworth; Ruth Perencevich, Concord; Shannon Perry, Cheshire; Sarah Peteraf, Hanover; Margaret Peteraf, Hanover; Judith Pettingell, Hanover; Margery Phillips, Hanover; Betsey Phillips, Bethlehem; Dawna Pidgeon, Enfield; Leah Plunkett, Concord; Michelle Poisson, Barrington; Alice Poole, Sugar Hill; Maggie Porter, Sandwich; Julia Pothen, Bow; Lauren Potter, Belmont; Christina Powers, East Hampstead; Ashley Pratt, Bedford; Suzanne Prentiss, West Lebanon; Karen Prior, Exeter; Liz Purdy, Concord; Patricia Pustell, Carroll; Marie Ramas, Hollis; Jay Rancourt, Madison; Donna Raycraft, Concord; Judy Reardon, Manchester; Catherine Reed, Hanover; Deidre Reynolds, Nashua; April Reynolds, Keene; Nicole Rico, Laconia; Catherine Rieke, Hanover; Babette Rittmeyer, Concord; Catherine Robertson Souter, Windham; Ellis Robinson, Grantham; Katherine Rogers, Concord; Caitlin Rollo, Hopkinton; Michelle Rondeau, Pembroke; Elizabeth Rooney, Hanover; Diane Root, West Lebanon; Cindy Rosenwald, Nashua; Heidi Rowe, Sandwich; Ryanne Roy, Dunbarton; Mary Ruedig, Concord; Jeanne Ryer, Sandwich; Annie Samuels, Concord; Ronnie Sandler, Easton; Christianne Sandler, Bridgewater; Suzanne Sauer, Hopkinton; Linda Saunders Paquette, Contoocook; Kendall Schaffner, Grafton; Karen Schaffner, Grafton; Laura Schlepphorst Letarte, Sandwich ; Cathy Schmidt, Bedford; Mindy Schorr, West Lebanon; M J Schulte, Hollis; Emily Schwartz, Concord; Doreen Schweizer, Lebanon; Joanne Scobie, West Lebanon; Anne Segal, Hanover; Amelia Sereen, Lebanon; Stefany Shaheen, Portsmouth; Molly Shaheen, Madbury; Elle Shaheen, Portsmouth; Annah Shaheen, Portsmouth; Ann Sharfstein, Lebanon; R. Lisa Sheiman, Hopkinton; Deanna Shenk, Milford; Alexis Simpson, Exeter; Jody Skelton, Freedom; Robin Skudlarek, Londonderry; Patsy Slothower, Sandwich; Melissa Smart, Contoocook; Maureen Smith, Hopkinton; Laura Smith, Windham; Susanne Smith Meyer, Concord; Elizabeth Soucy, Hanover; Louise Spencer, Concord; Alexandra St. Charles, Hanover; Ingrid Stallsmith, Hanover; Laurel Stavis, West Lebanon; Marin Stein, Concord; Ruth Stephenson, Lebanon; Rebecca Stock, Contoocook; Frances Strayer, Sandwich; Kate Strayer-Benton, Sandwich; Natalia Strong, Bow; Jane Sullivan-Durand, Hopkinton; Katrina Swett, Bow; Sheila Synan, Bedford; Linda Tanner, Georges Mills; Bethany Tarbell, Concord; Margaret Taylor, Hanover; Roberta Tenney, Concord; Shideko Terai, Cornish; Katharine Terrie, Littleton; Margery Thomas Mueller, Alton; Sally Thursby, Lyme; Leanne Tigert, Concord; Gloria Timmons, Nashua; Pam Van Arsdale, Bedford; Pam VanArsdale, Bedford; Erin Vanden Borre, Hopkinton; Donna Veilleux, Madison; Claire Von Karls, Sugar Hill; Mary Jane Wallner, Concord; Mary Beth Walz, Bow; Barbara J. Ward, Concord; Lauren Warner, Contoocook; Jennifer Wasserman, Manchester; jacquelyne Weatherspoon, Exeter; Allison Weber, Alton Bay; Pamela Weeks, Auburn; Jennifer Wehner, Lebanon; Stephanie Weiner, Lancaster; Binney Wells, Hopkinton; Anna Wells, Hopkinton; Sarah Whelley, Moultonborough; Emily White, Hopkinton; Cynthia White, Sandwich; Cindy White, Hopkinton; Kate Whitelaw, Hooksett; Jae Whitelaw, Concord; Becky Whitley, Hopkinton; pat wilczynski, Concord; Julia Williams, Hopkinton; Suzy Withee, Bedfored; Alexandra Withee, Bedford; Kasey Wong, Concord; Cara Wry, Rye; Paula Young, Moultonborough; Pamela Young, Concord; Jane Zill, Portmouth; Susan Zoino, Shelburne

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