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"Giving" women the right to vote (Original Post) True Dough Wednesday OP
EXACTLY!!! A battle that was fought for 72 years-1848 (Seneca Falls) niyad Wednesday #1
power isn't given away et tu Wednesday #2
Repeal the 19th Amendment? That will happen on the 7th of Never. Wednesdays Wednesday #3
Nevertheless, the rhetoric keeps escalating. niyad Wednesday #4
Agree republianmushroom Wednesday #5

niyad

(119,090 posts)
1. EXACTLY!!! A battle that was fought for 72 years-1848 (Seneca Falls)
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:06 AM
Wednesday

to final ratification of 19A in 1920, 144 years after the Declaration of Independence. Women fought, and died, for the right to vote. And there are fuckers, even in congress, who are currently openly discussing attempting to repeal 19A.

et tu

(1,840 posts)
2. power isn't given away
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:49 AM
Wednesday

one must take it and women have fought
to be equal in the eyes of the law.
please era next~

Wednesdays

(20,007 posts)
3. Repeal the 19th Amendment? That will happen on the 7th of Never.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:52 AM
Wednesday

Just the number of women in Congress, both Democratic and Republican, will put a full stop to that plan.

Yeah, Republican women, too. They're goopers, but you can bet they will never vote against their own right to vote.

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