90 years ago women gained the right to vote

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http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/features/x84262179/90-years-ago-women-gained-the-right-to-vote



A woman is struck down during a suffragette demonstration in 1903.


By Julia Spitz/Daily News staff
The MetroWest Daily News
Posted Aug 21, 2010 @ 11:10 PM

The balloons Carol Kane will tie to a Framingham Centre signpost Thursday pay tribute to her great-aunt Josephine Collins.

The colors pay tribute to Lydia Taft of Uxbridge, Augusta Cheney of Natick, Louisa May Alcott of Concord, the "Women Taxpayers" of Milford, fellow Framingham resident Louise Parker Mayo, and the thousands of other local women who shared in Collins' goal.

White, gold and purple symbolize the suffragette movement that brought voting rights to all American women 90 years ago, when Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 1920, and it became the law of the land on Aug. 26.

The 90th anniversary "serves as a reminder of both the lengthy struggle that preceded it, and the relatively short period of time that women in the United States have been fully enfranchised," said Anita Danker, a Framingham resident and retired Assumption College associate professor of education.

"I think that Massachusetts women had a more visible presence during the first wave - Lucy Stone, Lydia Maria Child, Abby Kelley Foster and Lucretia Mott were among the most prominent," said Danker. "In 1850, the National Woman's Rights Convention was held in Worcester, and Susan B. Anthony herself was born in Adams."

[Cirque du So-What]

1. This is not ancient history

It's within living memory of some people. Hard to believe, isn't it? Less than 100 years ago, over half the voting-age population was denied this fundamental right on the federal level. The ideological descendants of these troglodytes are still attempting to hold us back as a society. All human progress has been made IN SPITE OF attempts by conservatives to stop or turn back the hands of time.

[sarge43]

2. No, the memory is alive. My mother remembered that time very well.

She'd talk about her grandmother marching for suffrage.

Thank you, Grandma Shaw.

[EFerrari]

4. One of my uncles was a Shaw from Adams.

He stopped in San Francisco when he came home from Korea,iirc, and he stayed here. Married my godmother.

[niyad]

3. can't rec, will kick

[Withywindle]

5. kick

So easily people forget how hard the struggle for basic human equality is...and how recently the idea of WOMEN VOTING was scandalous enough to cause beatings in the street.