The Vote
“New York City, early November, 1871… Victoria and Tennessee registered to vote… decid to set an example… surprised by how little opposition they met; their names were eagerly recorded. Four days later, on election day, and a group of women gathered… before heading out en masse to put equality of citizenship to the test. The Herald later reported that, ‘the irresistible Tennie read the… fourteenth and fifteenth amendments… The assembly thus satisfied themselves that the law was on their side, and confident in their right, sallied forth and swept down on the astonished inspectors,’” only to be denied the right to cast their ballots.
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“It’s usually pointed out that women are not fit for political power, and ought not to be trusted with a vote because they are politically ignorant, socially prejudiced, narrow-minded, and selfish. True enough, but precisely the same is true of men!”
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