What
does the Women’s Suffrage Movement have to do with Mandatory Vaccination?
I'm
reading a really good book right now I'd like to encourage all of you
to read. "A Woman's Crusade, Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot"
by Mary Walton is well written and an important part of our history. The
fight over women's suffrage - the right to vote as a woman's right - was
championed by a small group of determined women. Here's a snip from the
book:
In
1848 - a mere 65 years ago - a married woman in the U.S. could not own
property. She could not make a contract or a will, and could not operate
a business in her own name. If she worked, her wages belonged to her
husband. In Georgia, men had the right to whip their wives. If they
divorced, the husband had custody of the children. The doors of most
public universities were closed to women. And except for an occasional
school board meeting or in an occasional municipality, a woman could
not vote....
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