Gender can't be overriding issue

I am writing in response to Ginger Macuccelli's letter to the Fence Post (Women have duty to support Clinton, Feb. 8).

I read her letter over an hour ago and am still shaking my head.

Ms. Macuccelli seems to think that women should vote for Hillary Clinton because she is a woman and women need to stick together.

Is that really the only qualification one should consider when voting for the president of our country?

I spent a lot of time reading about the different candidates and where they stood on the issues that are important to me. When I could have gone to bed early, I stayed up to watch the debates to lean more about the candidates.

According to Ms. Macuccelli, none of the information I gathered should be a factor in my vote. The only thing that should matter is that I am a woman and Hillary Clinton is a woman.

Can Ms. Macuccelli explain to me how that single-minded kind of thinking will help women in this country?

I am proud to be a woman and proud of the accomplishments women have made in the last 50 years.

I look forward to the day when a woman will sit in the Oval Office.

However, I will not base my vote an a candidate's gender, race, religion or age.

If we really want to make America a more positive place for our daughters and granddaughters, let's each vote for the candidate that we think would be best for the job.

Caryn Ronzio

Arlington Heights