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I’m with you on almost everything, I happen to agree communal and/or polyamorous parenting is great (no sarcasm, kids raised this way are great); but when do yo
by mercutio2 9y ago
I’m with you on almost everything, I happen to agree communal and/or polyamorous parenting is great (no sarcasm, kids raised this way are great); but when do you think universal female suffrage happened in the U.S.? The 19th amendment was ratified in 1920.
Are you implying there was some kind of poll tax or equivalent suppression of the female vote until the 60s?
- Djvacto 9y agohttp://www.cnn.com/2014/08/07/living/sixties-women-5-things/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/07/living/sixties-women-5-things/... I think ~50 years ago referred more to this type of thing, while stuff like voting rights was just included since it's relevant to the struggle as a whole.
- mercutio2 9y agoAgreed that 1960s housewives didn’t have it easy. But they most certainly could, and did, vote.
- Djvacto 9y agoWhat I'm saying is, I doubt he thinks they couldn't vote in the '60s. I think he just used ~50 years ago earlier in his comment and then later on was mentioning some of the other struggles, like voting.
- gorkonsine 9y agoWomen couldn't hold most jobs until the 1960s or later; they could only be nurses, teachers, secretaries, etc. Suffrage was earlier, but just like black people (men) who got freedom and suffrage way back in the mid-1800s, they still weren't full members of society until significantly later.