Hillary Clinton helps to shatters glass ceiling

BURLINGTON, Ky. (WKRC) - Hilary Clinton made history as the first woman to win a major party nomination for biggest job in the nation.

Some say it was an important step in the fight for gender equality. But what did it mean for generations of women?

"It's about time. Other counties have done it, Israel, Great Britain. I could go on and on. Women are just as capable," said Veronica Sanford at the job fair in the Burlington, Kentucky library.

Veronica was one of the many women at the career center's job fair Wednesday, July 27. Employers were looking for workers for in a variety of jobs like from customer service, marketing, sales and management. Tracy's in the corporate leadership of her company. She likes the inspiration Hillary Clinton brought.

"Not knowing where it'll go from here but the hope she instilled in other young females and children to say, ‘I have that as a rule model. I have that if I follow in those footsteps I can be viewed as a strong and respectable woman,’" said Tracy.

At the job fair there were just as many women as men. That was the trend, more females than males graduating from college and females were bread winners in 4 out of 10 households.

Angela Dishman at the job fair said, "I remember my father telling me before going to college, ‘All you can become is a teacher,' and I did become a teacher, but that's not all I could become. I know that now young girls, granddaughters can think, ‘I can do many more things."

Progress was so widespread that some younger women weren't feeling pressure to break through barriers that weren't there, “With my current job right now as a recruiter I can grow tremendously from skills I have. Back then they didn't do that. My mom she stayed home, my grandma the same thing. I feel like women are doing more and it's more empowering," said Caren Hutchinson.

Clinton the woman was getting a lot of props for what she was doing, but whether that translates to votes for Hillary Clinton the candidate remained to be seen.

Clinton will give her nomination speech Thursday night, July 28, at the convention.