#person_of_the_year

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2 YOUNG WOMEN WHO SHAPED 2019: #Alexandria_Ocasio_Cortez (#AOC) and #Greta_Thunberg. Just 18 months ago, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a waitress and bartender. Today, she represents the future of the #US_Democratic_Party and is statistically the second most talked-about US politician after #Trump. In November 2018, she became the youngest woman to serve in the #United_States_Congress, winning the race for New York's 14th district, aged just 29. Her tenure began this year, and the #Hispanic_activist and #legislator has been hard at work, with highlights including the much-praised #Green_New_Deal which #battles #economic and #racial_injustice while #also_fighting #climate_change. With her #anti_poverty_policy_proposal and #support of a #single_payer_healthcare_system, combined with her #progressive, #inclusive #slant_on_immigration, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - or AOC as she is also known - is a #beacon_of_political_hope, whose career is only just beginning. #Greta_Thunberg, 16, has #played_a_key_role in the #climate_change_movement that has swept the globe in 2019. She began skipping school to strike in late 2018, staging protests first solo - and later in huge numbers - #outside_the_Swedish_parliament. This year, she #sailed_to_the_US (avoiding carbon emissions caused by flying) and delivered a viral speech where she chastised world leaders for their treatment of environment. "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words," she said. "We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth - how dare you!" In #December, she became the #youngest_individual_ever to be named #Time_Magazine's #Person_of_the_Year. #Fighting_together. https://www.instagram.com/p/B6MgXFDJqbJ/?igshid=n5iysrq1gfkt