A very serious question for the men here at DU:

[Gregorian]

100. What is the history of women and the vote over two thousand years?

I know New Zealand was sometime in the late 1800's.

I would also say that regardless of the history of women's voting rights in the past, it's women who demanded their right to vote that won it for them.

I have forgotten another thing. There's a quote (French, I believe) that states that freedom isn't given, it's taken. I see this in the OWS movement.

It's probably very complex, why people aren't allowed to do certain things. Why isn't cannabis legal? It's harmless. Things that are highly addictive and poisonous and dangerous to the public are legal. One could ask the same question regarding this subject.

My answer for all of the above is that we haven't demanded it. Women made it clear they were going to vote. But it takes a big enough number of people in order for it to become a legitimate threat to warrant attention.

Even millions of people didn't stop Bush from invading Iraq. But we could have stopped it had enough people been engaged. Same with impeachment.