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a kennedy

(29,675 posts) Tue Aug 18, 2020, 07:11 PM Aug 2020

Who knew that the State who voted in wanker and rojo had such an awesome honor.

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Hey, I just found out Wisconsin was the first state to ratify the 19th amendment!!!!! (Original Post) a kennedy Aug 2020 OP

Western women had already been voting for 50 years More_Cowbell Aug 2020 #1

Wisconsin was still livable until 2010, the Year of the Koch. CaptYossarian Aug 2020 #2

Tennessee was the last d_r Aug 2020 #3

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1. Western women had already been voting for 50 years

Tue Aug 18, 2020, 07:20 PM

Aug 2020

In Utah and Wyoming (territory), Colorado and California.

But it's still cool!

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2. Wisconsin was still livable until 2010, the Year of the Koch.

Tue Aug 18, 2020, 07:27 PM

Aug 2020

Then the state got a collective lobotomy and turned into Wississippi.

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3. Tennessee was the last

Tue Aug 18, 2020, 07:45 PM

Aug 2020

There is a story that the deciding vote in Tennessee came from a young state representative whose mother sent him a letter encouraging his vote.

ETA here is that story
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/17/902345079/the-nudge-and-tie-breaker-that-took-womens-suffrage-from-nay-to-yea