Amy Acton made history. But Ohio is failing the girls who dream of following her: Leila Atassi

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Amy Acton’s historic victory shows Ohio’s girls they can achieve anything, but fulfilling that promise means dismantling the barriers that still hold women back. (AI Illustration based on photo by cleveland.com.)

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The day after Ohio elected its first woman governor, I found my 6-year-old daughter hard at work. She had commandeered a corner of her toy room, where notebooks were spread across the floor, a clipboard lay at the ready and an old landline telephone, connected to nothing at all, awaited important calls.



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