they persisted

and gained the right to vote

Image: Wikimedia Commons, George Grantham Bain Collection, Suffragettes — March to Wash. D.C. 1913. LCCN2001704312, marked as public domain

the courage to persist
in the face of adversity —
to be a hero —
abides in everyone

Thanks to Francine Fallara, Kathy Jacobs, Harper Thorpe, and the Chalkboard team for the one-line prompt “hero”:

Heroic Fantasies