Today is the 100 year anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment giving American women the right to vote. Women were egregiously oppressed before then, and the vote gave them their first big way to change that.facebook.com/207697880579/po…

Aug 18, 2020 · 10:25 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Do you have any thoughts on the pardon today?
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I think she would have rolled her eyes. She was actually very proud of that arrest, which was for trying to vote before it was legal for a woman to do so.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Not ALL American women were included....
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Voter suppression against Black men and women continued, particularly in the South, but that doesn’t change what the 19th amendment said. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Sadly, not all women were included.
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19th Amendment: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Think there’s a word missing from that first sentence
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The 19th Amendment: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” Voter suppression continued, particularly of Black men & women in the South, but the 19th amendment says what it says.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
“We are the heirs of a legacy of greatness.” Marianne Williamson
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And the men who had neither the right to vote and were conscripted into war?
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