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TreasonousBastard

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2. While both should have had it all along...

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Wed Dec 4, 2013, 09:26 PM

Dec 2013

just how fucked up are we that black men got the vote long before women of any color?

And with Dolly Madison and Edith Wilson having much of the power of the Presidency, but no right to vote on it? It's absurd on all levels.

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WHY IS IT CALLED "SUFFRAGE?" [View all] sheshe2 Dec 2013 OP

K&R LadyHawkAZ Dec 2013 #1

While both should have had it all along... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #2

Look... Don't take away the ONE AND ONLY black male privilege that I have. Glassunion Dec 2013 #3

I thought it was because Entitled Angry White Males Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #4

Cady-Stanton wrote that parallel DOI. nt Deep13 Dec 2013 #5

Thanks she for bringing the history of Women's Voting into Cha Dec 2013 #6

So true Cha...for many reasons we need to pulverize them in 2014. sheshe2 Dec 2013 #7

NICE pic of Elizabeth and Katherine Clark, she! Cha Dec 2013 #9

Katherine Clark will be our next great sheshe2 Dec 2013 #11

Yet 45% of women voted for Mitt Romney davidn3600 Dec 2013 #8

"it is the right of those who suffer from it to refuse allegiance to it" xulamaude Dec 2013 #10

Even as a young boy, I didn't understand why a country would throw away half of it's .. BlueJazz Dec 2013 #12

Watch Shoulder to Shoulder. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #13