Where are the suffragetes?

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Registered: 04-02-2008
Where are the suffragetes?
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Sat, 09-20-2008 - 9:56pm

I would like to start a platform for women who are in the same mind set of the original suffragetes.  The right to vote, equal pay, equal rights.  The 60's second wind of this has hijacked their meaning.  They were never against war, some were some weren't .  And abortion wasn't a litmus test for them.  Woman's right and feminism is about having the same right, oppurtunity and pay as men (feminists haven't been able to get us equal pay but you can have an abortion.  Seems ridiculous to what these women wanted.








educed to its simplest definition and elevated to its highest ideal, democracy is the power of the people. The ability to vote, however, has not always been a reality for everyone in our country. It was not until 1920 (a mere 85 years ago) that the passage of the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote. This breakthrough for social equality was the result of more than 50 years of activism by the early suffragettes. Vigils, protests, speeches, essays, civil disobedience, hunger strikes, lobbying, organizing, and

 

every other form of activism imaginable was used by these remarkable women; their unconventional, avant-garde, and sometimes shocking actions successfully convinced the United States Congress that our Constitution should be amended to allow women to vote. The women who made it their life’s ambition to ensure both genders the right to vote changed our country forever. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude. Every time we exercise our right to vote, we honor their lives, their sacrifices, and their mission to strengthen our democracy.
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Registered: 02-27-2008
Sun, 09-21-2008 - 12:56am

>>feminists haven't been able to get us equal pay<<


Yeah it sucks when other people don't get you want you want, doesn't it?


Rose

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Registered: 03-25-2007
Sun, 09-21-2008 - 1:20am
It is disappointing that women still do not receive equal pay for equal work.

Sopal

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Registered: 08-28-2008
Sun, 09-21-2008 - 1:28am

Obama Pays Men More

Of the five people in Obama's Senate office who were paid $100,000 or more on an annual basis, only one--Obama's administrative manager--was a woman.

The average pay for the 33 men on Obama's staff who earned more than $23,000 per year was $59,207. The average pay for the 31 women on Obama's staff who earned more than $23,000 per year was $48,729.91. (The average pay for all 36 male employees on Obama's staff was $55,962; and the average pay for all 31 female employees was $48,729. The report indicated that Obama had only one paid intern during the period, who was a male.)


http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=31833


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Registered: 10-01-2004
Sun, 09-21-2008 - 9:25am

I agree: