Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 07, 2005
December 06, 2005
December 08, 2005
Transcript:
Danae: What was it like in your time, Uncle Reggie? Reginald: Oh, my...it was lovely! Everyone knew their station and had the good sense to stay in it. No income tax, no pesky middle class to muddy the economic waters....it was utopia! Danae: And if you weren't a well-monied, white male...? Reginald: Oh, please don't tell me women still want the right to vote...
yggdrasil75 over 1 year ago
in polls from the 20s and earlier, men wanted women to vote, not women who wanted to vote. the suffragettes were a tiny portion.women didnt want to vote because at the time, voting required signing up for the draft, signing up for fire brigade, owning their own land, so many things.