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I_UndergroundPanther

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3. Just 100 years ago..

Reply to samnsara (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2020, 08:17 AM

Jun 2020

To think women were not even seen as people with their own will and who could think for themselves 100 years ago.

But thanks to the women who fought we can vote.

Another reason to vote because that right was hard won against opressive white male patriarchy.

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