‘Votes for women!’ — 110 years ago marked the first time in California history that a majority of registered voters cast ballots for women, in part to counter what many women believe is male-dominated public life.
‘Votes for women!’ — 110 years ago marked the first time in California history that a majority of registered voters cast ballots for women, in part to counter what many women believe is male-dominated public life.
‘Women’s suffrage came close to being denied to women in the late 19th century in some states and was in jeopardy long before the 19th amendment to the constitution proposed it in 1920.
‘It is true that the 19th amendment, which ratified women’s suffrage, was designed to protect the interests of the men of the United States and to make them the men of the United States,’ declared the first woman at large elected to congress, Lucretia Mott of Rhode Island, who was elected to her position in 1920.
A federal election was held nationwide, and in several states, women were denied suffrage.
The 19th amendment established the right to vote in elections for electors to the Electoral College, that is, for electors for president and vice president, and for the electors representing the District of Columbia.
The vote was given to women by a margin of two to one — with just eight states not voting at all — in the presidential election at the time.
Though she won in Rhode Island, who would later become the first woman to win a seat in congress, she lost the election for vice president to her Democratic opponent.
Though she won in Rhode Island, who would later become the first woman to win a seat in congress, she lost the election for vice president to her Democratic opponent.
That the 19th amendment was designed to protect the interests of the men of the United States and to make them the men of the United States was demonstrated in its very wording.
‘In the beginning, the purpose was to give women the vote. But the amendment did not include a phrase giving all women who were American citizens the vote,’ explained Ms. Mott in her first speech in the House of Representatives.
The 19th amendment, which ratified women’s suffrage, was designed to protect the interests of the men of the United States and to make them the men of the United States.
The vote was given to
