Even if you hate Hillary Clinton, you should celebrate her historic victory

You don't have to support Clinton, or even particularly like her, to know that a female presidential nominee is a huge, gigantic, enormous deal

Hillary Clinton
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Hillary Clinton stood in front of rapturous supporters Tuesday night at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and declared herself the first female presidential nominee of a major American political party.

"Tonight's victory is not about one person," Clinton said. "It belongs to generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed and made this moment possible." She urged supporters to not "let anyone tell you that great things can't happen in America. Barriers can come down, justice and equality can win. Our history has moved in that direction, slowly at times, but unmistakably thanks to generations of Americans who refuse to give up or back down… This campaign is about making sure there are no ceilings, no limits on any of us, and this is our moment to come together."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.