I have never seen this amount of young women cry at once over one issue until that Wednesday morning. Hurt, aggravation, and frustration are words that can barely describe the emotions felt by young women across the country.

People were shocked. Shocked because the outcome was so unexpected. Shocked that in 240 years of being an independent country we’ve only had male presidents. And shocked that the glass ceiling was still not broken.  

While many teenage girls were not able to vote, they expressed their views on this controversial election. They talked about their opinions in classes, in the hallways, and even on social media networks. These girls all wanted one thing: for November 8 to be the day that history would finally be made as the first female president of the United States of America would be elected.

However, unlike these girls, some women who are of age and have the right to vote, thanks to the 19th amendment, have actually said “Repeal the 19th.”

Both female and male Trump supporters went to the internet to share their opinion of the 19th amendment being repealed. In October, polls showed that if the voting would to be left to just the male citizens alone, Trump would be the next elected president. However, if women participated in the voting, Clinton would be elected.  

According to the New York Daily News, Trump would “beat Hillary Clinton 350 to 188 if the 19th Amendment had not been ratified in 1920.”

These people believed that Trump’s victory was of greater importance than the amendment which gives men and women equal voting rights. People wrote articles and went to social media networks, voicing their opinion to get rid of this constitutional right. The #repealthe19th hashtag even trended on Twitter.

One woman tweeted, “#repealthe19th I would gladly waive my right to vote to solidify the win! #TrumpPence2016 #NeverHillary.”

This was just one tweet among many others whose main intention was to make women feel as though their right to vote was less important than Trump being elected as president.

This trending phrase aggravated me along with many others. For these last 240 years, women have fought to have their voices be heard and to be seen as equals to men. We went from not being able to make decisions for ourselves and not being able to have jobs to possibly having one of us be president. So why, after all these years spent devoted to progress in gender equality, do people think we can just get rid of it?

Women have suffered so that women could be seen in the same light as men. Today, it continues to be our responsibility as women to fight for this because, unfortunately, the light still does not shine as brightly as it should.

In her concession speech, Hillary Clinton said, “To all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable, and powerful, and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams.”

Even though a female did not become our 45th president, we must keep our heads up, our voices loud, and our best intentions at heart so that the glass ceiling will be broken when our 46th president is to be elected.

Don’t ever forget how strong, smart and wonderful all women are.