Showing posts with label the vote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the vote. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
TOP 10 REASONS WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE - #1
- In the 90th anniversary year of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, is there any better way that we could celebrate - THAN TO VOTE !!!!!
Monday, November 1, 2010
TOP 10 REASONS WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE - #2
- despite arrests and violent treatment in prison, women continued to picket the White House during 1917, until President Woodrow Wilson agreed to support the "right to vote amendment." Remember these women and their courage. VOTE TOMORROW!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
TOP 10 REASONS WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE - #3
- in a country where we can travel to the polls and vote in perfect safety, it is silly not to!
Saturday, October 30, 2010
TOP 10 REASONS WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE - #4
- in the 72 years it took to achieve the right to vote many invested blood sweat and tears. Remember them as you vote on Tuesday.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
TOP 10 REASONS WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE - #7
- It is something you can do completely on your own, with no one looking over your shoulder!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
TOP 10 REASONS FOR WOMEN TO VOTE - #8
It is more fun than paying taxes! - of the 2 responsibilities we have as citizens.
Friday, August 6, 2010
VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965
On this day, 45 years ago, this passed into law. It was the culmination of years of struggle to enact the right to vote, for former slaves, first granted in the 15th Amendment in 1870.
Local and state authorities had used many ways to prevent or delay former slaves from voting. Law suits had not worked to open up the process and encourage voter registration. Following the murders surrounding the Selma to Montgomery March in Alabama, Congress found the will to overcome the opposition and bring this issue to become law. It took 95 years!
Our whole nation is better for having more of us involved in the voting process!
http://www.justice.gov/crt/voting/intro/intro_b.php
Saturday, July 24, 2010
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE
“Resolved, that it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise.”
As she wrote the resolutions in preparation for the Seneca Falls Convention, Lizzie Stanton added this one despite the objection of many. To attain the full rights and responsibilities of citizenship, she knew it must include the vote. Since it took over 70 years to gain, we should consider it valuable and EXERCISE IT!
http://www.usconstitution.net/sentiments.html
As she wrote the resolutions in preparation for the Seneca Falls Convention, Lizzie Stanton added this one despite the objection of many. To attain the full rights and responsibilities of citizenship, she knew it must include the vote. Since it took over 70 years to gain, we should consider it valuable and EXERCISE IT!
http://www.usconstitution.net/sentiments.html
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