"A woman president? I don't know when we'll get there. I'd like to think we'll get there in my lifetime. I don't mind living a long time to make sure that happens."—Anita Hill.
I hope that Anita Hill lives a long time, and that she has the opportunity to enjoy multiple female presidents in those years.
From the second part of Anna Sterling's interview with Anita Hill, marking the 20th anniversary of Hill's famous Senate testimony during the confirmation hearing for then-nominee and current US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The first part of the interview is here.
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