No silver lining for women in coming second

MUCH had been made of the timing of Hillary Clinton’s speech before the Democratic National Convention, coming as it did on the 88th anniversary of women’s suffrage.

Convention organisers took advantage of this coincidence of the calendar — the 19th amendment was certified on August 26, 1920 — to pay homage to the women’s vote in particular and women’s progress in general.

But many of Clinton’s supporters are unlikely to be partaking. They regard their candidate’s cameo as a consolation prize. And they are not consoled.