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History of Feminism

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hlthe2b

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Tue Sep 2, 2014, 06:33 AM Sep 2014

94 Years Ago .... [View all]

94 years ago the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was ratified. These are some of the arguments used against it.



Sound familliar? The more things "change" the more SOME stay the same...
Women have the NUMBERS and the power to change things. WE MUST USE IT!



h/t to http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/
who states what should be the obvious: "And let me just remind you that the very same middle aged conservative white men that are today arguing against raising the minimum wage, closing the gender pay gap, and reforming immigration is the same demographic that fought so hard almost 100 years ago to nip this in the bud as well."
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