Happy 86th Birthday to Women's Sufferage!

[Bucky]

On this day in 1920, all American women were given the right to vote. Two months later women went on to give the presidency to Warren Harding, the most corrupt president in American history (up until now, that is). Good going, ladies, and congratulations!

[dogday]

1. These ladies put their lives literally

on the line for this cause.... Sometimes it has to come down to that....

[Misunderestimator]

2. Suffrage.

Edited to add... not sure I understand you putting the slam about giving the presidency to Harding in a post that seems to be congratulating women, but thanks anyway.

[jpgray]

9. .

:patriot:

[Jade Fox]

3. Yahoo!

If you haven't seen it, rent the DVD "Iron-jawed Angels". It's a decent portrayal of some of the events leading up to this historic vote. :)

[Misunderestimator]

4. Very good film!

Shows that women were not just "given" the right to vote. They fought with their lives for it.

[951-Riverside]

5. We must liberate women of their suffrage and I hope....

Mavis Leno and Laura Bush joins me in this fight. :eyes: :sarcasm:

But on a series note the guy wasnt that bad, afterall he died on San Francisco try getting today's GOP'ers to even visit the city :D

[silverojo]

8. And "women" like Man Coulter are so grateful

:mad:

[Warpy]

6. And MEN put the GOP into the White House

during most of my adult life. You proud of that one?

My mother's earliest memory was of being in a sufragette parade in NYC with my grandmother and great grandmother, both of whom were tireless workers in securing that most basic right of a US citizen: the vote.

My great grandmother's proudest day was not when she became a citizen. It was when she cast her first vote.

They were Democrats, by the way.

[OzarkDem]

7. Women must still fight for equality

We still have so much at stake, so much more work to do.

http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/

[HockeyMom]

10. A big special thank you to my Nana

(a teenager herself then) and to all the Grandmas and Great-Grandmas, who defied "traditional values" and their families to march and fight for our right to vote.

I will never forget you. :loveya:

[omega minimo]

11. Maybe there should be a Misogynists Forum for posts like this

or a Misogynists Group where hatred for women could be expressed without any danger of comment from sane people.

[Cerridwen]

12. Pssssst....it's called The Lounge

:evilgrin:


Hey, Omega, how's your day?

:hi:

[omega minimo]

15. phhhhpttt!

:spray: LOL

My day? A good laugh just brightened it. :thumbsup:

[Cerridwen]

16. Glad I could help. :D....................n/t

[ismnotwasm]

13. That's funny

Got coffee on my keyboard. I need a new one anyway...

[Cerridwen]

17. Oh, noooooooooo...

if you drink your coffee black, you can "drain" it keys down and it should be okay.

LOL

[TahitiNut]

21. Good idea. Coupled with a Misandrists Forum, it might be workable.

Perhaps someone could start a Amazionist Movement? Androphobics Anonymous? :dunce:


:rofl:

[omega minimo]

29. "Misandrist" is a false construct of Misogynists

who get cranky when their gender bigotry is pointed out.

Do white school bus drivers need a forum for how misunderstood they are when one makes 9 black students cram onto 2 seats in the "back of the bus" while white students sit alone up front? No. They are in the dominant position. Do African Americans need solidarity to address this outrage? Yes.

TH, your prickliness about sexism is baffling, cuz you seem like a smart guy............... :eyes:


"Pricklyholics Anonymous"? :evilgrin:

[LostinVA]

39. Seconded by me, Omega

[lumpy]

14. Harding was small change compared to

Nixon, Bush 1&2. Most corrupt? LOL. Hahahahaha, we got the vote, sorry Bucky Boy. Thanks to our Grannies.

[Mr. Blonde]

18. My American History teacher in high school loved to needle

the girls (at least the ones who paid attention) by saying this was the day things in America went downhill. Although he was just doing it to get a rise out of them, all the guys in class ate it up.

[L A Woman]

25. Humor is often used to disguise hatred....

that's about as funny as a white teacher telling his black students that economy was better when we had slaves...just trying to get a rise out of them. HA HA that is so funny. HA HA HA. :eyes:

[Mr. Blonde]

36. Knowing who his wife was

and taking in the fact that he coached women's sports almost exclusively it was humor far more than any real dislike.

[earth mom]

19. Which proves that men are really lousy at running this country

or the world! :rofl:

[arwalden]

20. Does Sufferage Hurt?

:shrug:

[Cerridwen]

32. Only when it's not exercised regularly.

Do we have a weight lifting smiley? Naw, didn't think so.

:evilgrin:

[CTyankee]

22. Goodness, it seems we have a little problem

with women here. As a matter of fact, "little" might just be the problem.

[L A Woman]

26. Ya think?

Did mommy take away his rubber ducky when he was two?

[CTyankee]

27. Maybe too many women laughed at his rubber ducky

Just sayin'...

[omega minimo]

30. Where'd he go?

....:wow:
:bounce: :bounce:



:popcorn:

[CTyankee]

37. Aw, shoot! We skeered him off!

Wonder if he'll come back for more.

[Misunderestimator]

34. LOL

:spray: :rofl:

[proud patriot]

23. Yippee

:party:

[GreenPartyVoter]

24. Happy birthday indeed!

[athena]

28. White men got Bush into office.

If women were the only ones voting, Gore would be president now. Conversely, if women had never got the right to vote, the country would be even further right than it is now.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

31. Oh My God! No Men Voted In The 1920 Election? That's The First I've

heard of this! Holy cow, I never knew there was an election in this country where only women voted! See? You can learn something new every day on DU. :silly:

[sweetheart]

33. Yes, happy birthday

what a cool thing to celibrate.

:party:

[niyad]

35. you know, bucky, it would be really helpful if you would post the actual

voting statistics for that election, by state, and by gender. thank you.

[bumblebee1]

38. I wished that I had asked my paternal grandmother about this.

Being born in 1899, she lived her childhood and young adult years not being able to vote. At the time I didn't think to ask her opinion about Women's sufferage. Unfortunately, she passed away in 1988. She was 89 years old.