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| Alice Paul and the National Women's Party August 18, 1920 |
Congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on June 4, 1919, guaranteeing all women the right to vote. My proposal for today is that instead of spending one split second of time talking or even thinking about the *Too-large Family with the Strident Christian Evangelical Views and Tortured Pedophiles in Their Midst or even wondering why the TLFWTSCEVATPITM is and has been interesting at all in these United States, we reflect upon the enormous legacy a generation or two of extremely bad-ass women bestowed on us. As my friend, the writer Lidia Yuknavitch said today,
hey you mammals that think your rights just appeared from the old man wizard in the sky or thin air: wake up and read history. you're standing on some bones that mattered.
Check these women out:
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| Lucretia Mott |
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| Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
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| Susan B. Anthony |
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| Carrie Chapman Chatt |
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| Lucy Burns |
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| Dora Lewis |
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| Alice Paul |
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| Pauline Adams |
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| Helena Hill Weed |
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| Julia Ward Howe |
Anticipate this:
