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In Washington, D.C., the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for female suffrage, is unanimously declared constitutional by the eight members of the U.S. Supreme Court. The 19th Amendment, which stated that “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex,” was the product of over seven decades of meetings, petitions, and protests by women suffragists and their supporters.
In 1916, the Democratic and Republican parties endorsed female enfranchisement, and on June 4, 1919, the 19th Amendment was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment, achieving the required three-fourths majority of state ratification, and on August 26 the 19th Amendment officially took effect.
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And the gate of hell is slowly opening.
First order of business after the Fall; repeal the 19th.
I disagree.
Second.
Clearly you missed the point.
Doesn’t look like I was the only one. Please explain. I’m all ears.
You. Don’t. Get. A. Vote.
😂 Oh, ok. Got it. So glad you are here to explain things to me.
That’s what men are for.
Behind every good man there’s an incredible woman.
That is absolutely true.
Seconded.
Male here and I disagree too. Male or female, we live in a world of uninformed idiots.
What I think needs to be done is to require a test to prove that the potential voter has an understanding of government, the issues and what the representatives actually do. Then they get to vote.
Not sure how this could be implemented without political interference and shenanigans, but I wish it were explored. Of course it won’t be, as the politicians count on stupid people voting on emotion and team loyalty rather than facts and issues.
Politics have been a “team sport” for way too long. Almost everyone I know (male or female) is completely ignorant of the political system and the evils of those in it. They vote for their team (whoever their family traditionally voted for) and care not about the issues or ramifications of their choice.
Well said. The problem is uninformed idiots, not women specifically.
You may want to reword that sentence.
You just failed the test. Now the women in your life get no say at all, no voting for you. Of course, there probably won’t be a whole lot of voting going on.
Was there a test?
I must have missed that part.
And of course the women in my life get a vote- mine. Any man worth the title always takes into account the effects of his actions on those he loves and cares for. We don’t give children the right to vote but it doesn’t mean I would cast mine at their expense.
See how logic and reason works?
Too bad I can’t upvote you.
He suggested women could vote if they prove they understand some civics-class version of government. Which proves he’s shouldn’t have a say, either.
A government that abided by the limits imposed by the Constitution would not be affected by the votes of a new group of voters. But sadly the US government hasn’t given a shit about those limits since the minute it was ratified. The problem is government itself, not who sits on the throne or who votes for them.
Those voters are why we don’t have a government that abides by Constitutional limits.
Then explain 1789 – 1920.
When that “new group of voters” comprises more than 50% of the population, and is known to make decisions based on how they feel, then yes, genius, it’s going to affect the limits imposed by the Constitution.
As Bill Engvall likes to say, “Here’s your sign.”
Women’s suffrage and the growth of the welfare state:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/30026099
Dumbass…
Did Women’s Suffrage Change the Size and
Scope of Government?
John R. Lott, Jr.
Yale University
Lawrence W. Kenny
University of Florida
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~iversen/PDFfiles/LottKenny.pdf
What good is the ‘right to vote’ if your vote counts for nothing?
And it’s not a ‘right’.
If it was, the government couldn’t take it away.
The government doesn’t give you your rights, it can only assign privileges.
Heading should have read,
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Supreme Court defends women’s rights to join the rest of the idiots that think they control government – 1922
Voting is for fools.
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. – Mao (Trudeau?)
The only voting that really matters is done from the rooftops.
The same kind of voting our government sends its soldiers to effect across the globe.
’tis true.