10/29/2026
💕 Beautiful Fems, I can’t be your President without encouraging you to VOTE! 🗳️🇺🇸
As women, entrepreneurs, mothers, leaders, and community builders, we have a responsibility to recognize the power of our voices.
There was a time in our nation's history when women were denied the right to vote. Women marched, protested, were arrested, and sacrificed so that future generations could have a voice in shaping their country.
We stand on the shoulders of women who refused to remain silent.
In 1872, Susan B. Anthony was arrested for exercising a right we have today: casting her vote.
Alice Paul, one of the most influential leaders of the women's suffrage movement, reminded us:
"Unless women are prepared to fight politically they must be content to be ignored politically."
And Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, famously declared:
"If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."
These women understood something incredibly powerful: Having a voice means very little if we don't exercise it.
Today, we have the privilege of participating in decisions that shape our communities, our businesses, our children's education, our economy, and the future we're building.
You don't have to agree with your neighbor.
You don't have to share the same political beliefs as your friends.
And you certainly don't have to vote the way someone else expects you to.
But you should be informed. You should be engaged. And you should VOTE.
One of the things I love most about FemCity is that we bring together extraordinary women from different backgrounds, cultures, generations, and perspectives.
Our strength isn't found in thinking alike. It's found in respecting one another while recognizing the power of our collective participation.
As your President, I will always encourage you to lead, to use your voice, to stand for what matters to you, and to be an active participant in shaping the world around you.
Because the women who came before us fought for a seat at the table. The least we can do is show up.
Beautiful Fems, make your voice count. 🗳️💕
With love and purpose,
Gloria Smiles
President, FemCity Palm Beach
