A reminder from SAVE

From SAVE Services:

Outcome of the Nov. 6 Election Hangs in the Balance - Take Action Now

In a few short days we will face the most important presidential election in our lifetimes.

Will you look back on Nov. 6, 2012 and say that you did everything that you could to affect the outcome?

You still have time to make a difference. Between now and Tuesday, contact your local political party, volunteer to do neighborhood canvassing, make voter calls, and attend local rallies.

Think how proud you'll feel when we are that much closer to reform.

teri

Campaign 2012

Teri Stoddard, Program Director
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments
www.saveservices.org

That's a very good question. If you've been writing emails to elected officials over things you've read here and/or you've signed petitions then you are part of the solution,someone trying to change things for the better and you should be proud of yourself. On the other hand if you've done nothing. No writing emails,no signing petitions,no activism whatsoever then you're the person Teri is speaking to. What are you going to do to make this a better place? You're either part of the problem or part of the solution. Which one is it?

A myth exposed

The Nineteenth Amendment granted suffrage to women, but 1920 was not the first year American women could legally vote. Back in the day, property ownership often dictated voting, which effectively excluded women because their legal status was typically "feme covert." Married women's property became their husband's in name, unless they entered into a contract that specified otherwise. In contrast, single women were not barred from property ownership, but for a variety of reasons, single women had a hard time acquiring the acreage needed to be eligible for voting . For a few women, however, inheritance and widowhood provided an opportunity to vote. In 1756, Lydia Chapin Taft, widow of Josiah Taft, voted in her local Massachusetts town meeting, having met the property requirements by acquiring her husband's estate. In New Jersey, a similar situation existed until 1807, when the law was changed to exclude women. Amusingly enough, being barred from the vote didn't bar women from office: Susanna Madora Salter became the first female American mayor in 1887.

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This is something that I've suspected for a long time,that property owners of either gender could vote and this proves it. This proves that gender discrimination against women was a lie but don't tell that to suffragettes or they may attack you.