Writing Postcards for Women
This election season, I’m doing something I’ve never done before: writing postcards endorsing candidates for the Pennsylvania legislature, all of them women. Maybe that’s a coincidence, but these women represent the subjects I care about most: better healthcare, fairer treatment for everyone, and controlling the gun madness.
I wish there were more men out there, running for office, who supported these issues as strongly as the women do. Now I mostly hope that the women I’m writing to (and interestingly, most of the addresses on my postcards ARE women) will show up in massive numbers on election day and vote for the candidates I’m endorsing.
I don’t get into politics much on this website. It’s not my major interest. And I don’t claim to be any better informed on the issues that most of us civilians; that is, those of us not in the business of politics. But things have to change, and if my postcards change or sway one vote, my efforts will be well worth it.
Wish me luck.
About The Author
Jeff Heller
I'm a historical novelist who focuses on Colonial America, particularly the French-Canadians who settled North America in the 1600s and 1700s. My first novel, A FALSE DAWN, features Louise, a young wife and mother who must search for her son and her husband when the English invade their home in French-held Montreal and torch the city.