Reply #5: I think both Hillary and Obama are good candidates

[Frances]

but I can't forget how African men had the vote during Reconstruction (after the Civil War), but no women, including the female abolitionists, had that vote.

I also can't forget that women had to form separate groups to get rights for themselves during the Civil Rights movement.

It may be that Obama is the Dems' best chance to win the White House, but I would love to see a woman President in my lifetime.