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No other topic is more pressing than women getting out to vote tomorrow.
In the early nineteenth century, women were considered second-class
citizens whose existence was limited to the interior life of the home
and care of the children. Women were considered sub-sets of their
husbands, and after marriage they did not have the right to own
property, maintain their wages, or sign a contract, much less vote. It
was expected that women be obedient wives, never to hold a thought or
opinion independent of their husbands. It was considered improper for
women to travel alone or to speak in public.
With the belief that intense physical or intellectual activity would
be injurious to the delicate female biology and reproductive system,
women were taught to refrain from pursuing any serious education.
Silently perched in their birdcages, women were considered merely
objects of beauty, and were looked upon as intellectually and
physically inferior to men. This belief in women's inferiority to men
was further reinforced by organized religion which preached strict and
well-defined sex roles.
Women suffered and struggled to give you the right to vote. Let their efforts not be in vain. Vote. Let your voice be heard.
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