| Author: | Susan Fenimore Cooper | ISBN: | 1230000348102 |
| Publisher: | True North | Publication: | April 9, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Susan Fenimore Cooper |
| ISBN: | 1230000348102 |
| Publisher: | True North |
| Publication: | April 9, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
The question of "female suffrage" has long been resolved in the United States, and--though sometimes more recently--in other democratic societies as well. For most people, certainly in the so- called Western world, the right of women to vote on a basis of equality with men seems obvious. A century ago this was not the case, even in America, and it required a long, arduous, and sometimes painful struggle before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on August 18, 1920.
The question of "female suffrage" has long been resolved in the United States, and--though sometimes more recently--in other democratic societies as well. For most people, certainly in the so- called Western world, the right of women to vote on a basis of equality with men seems obvious. A century ago this was not the case, even in America, and it required a long, arduous, and sometimes painful struggle before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on August 18, 1920.
