There are many ways that American culture tells women to be quiet—many ways they are reminded that they would really be so much more pleasing if they would just smile a little more, or talk a little less, or work a little harder to be pliant and agreeable. Women are, in general, extremely attuned to these messages; we have, after all, heard them all our lives. And so: When presiding Senate chair Steve Daines, of Montana, interrupted his colleague , Elizabeth Warren, as she was reading the words of Coretta Scott King on the Senate floor on Tuesday evening—and, then, when Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell intervened to prevent her from finishing the speech—many women, regardless of their politics or place, felt that silencing, viscerally. She was given an explanation. Because, regardless of their politics or place, those women have heard the same thing, or a version of it, many times before. Nevertheless, she persisted. It accompanied tags that celebrated TheResistance. She was warned. The meme is, as of Wednesday morning, still going strong.


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CNN "She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted. Still, she persisted" Every woman's epitaph. Nevertheless, she persisted," said SenateMajLdr , providing a history of feminism. Nevertheless, ShePersisted. She was warned.
Attorney General. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made this remark in defense of the silencing, during his comments following the vote. The expression went viral as feminists posted it on social media with hashtag references to other women. Its meaning has expanded to refer more broadly to women's persistence in breaking barriers, despite being silenced or ignored. On February 7, , the U. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts spoke against confirmation, criticizing his record on civil rights.
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