Talk:History of women's suffrage in the United States

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--66.56.89.195 00:13, 28 February 2007 (UTC)"On June 4, 1919, it was brought before the Senate, and after a long discussion it was passed, with 56 ayes and 25 nayes." You are right Kennard2! {(Tlk42891)}

Isn't that supposed to be "ayes and nays"? I'm changing it--feel free to change it back if my guess isn't right. Kennard2 03:57, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Illiois bill question

Is there anyone who knows the name of the 1913 bill that let women in Illinois vote in Presidential elections? Kennard2 04:04, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal to merge

Harry T. Burn cast the deciding vote for ratification in the Tennessee State Legislature in August, 1920. In the article about Mr. Burn, the section Harry T. Burn#A brief recap of the woman suffrage movement carries that history, but it is not really about Harry T. Burn; it is more about the 19th amendment and the contemporary attitudes of the times, in which Mr Burn played a part. In light of this, I propose merging that section into the 19th Amendment section of this article. Comments? Suggestions? — Gosgood 12:36, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

AGREE - that section is an ungodly 20+(!) paragraphs long. But Burns needs to keep his article, casting that vote earned him his footnote-to-history. Without it, it would have been decades before suffrage passed (I'm a giant sucker for "One person can make a difference" stories LOL) RoyBatty42 22:22, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
It definitely needs to be merged, at the moment that article is an extreme example of WP:COATRACK. I will hide it until it can be merged over, its ruining that article. If anyone prefers they can move it to this talk page if that is more appropriate. Jdcooper 15:45, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Harry Burns should be mentioned and linked but the article itself should remain separate. Long as this article is, it is a real fly-over. Lots of things and people could (possibly should) be discussed in greater detail, many of them more meritorious of more paragraphs than Harry Burns. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.118.29.230 (talk) 19:35, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Semiprotection

I've had to semiprotect the article in order to deal with some persistent silly vandalism coming in from one person on many different IPs and ranges. To any constructive IP editor, I apologize for the necessity, but I think you'll understand if you take a look at the history tab. Please consider creating an account and logging in, and you'll be able to edit the article after four days. In the meantime, you can propose improvements on this talkpage, for established accounts to add into the article. Sorry. Bishonen | talk 10:14, 15 April 2007 (UTC).


The vandalism was actually caused by many people on different IPs, not one. I found out the group doing this (because my computer was unfortunately used for their pranks) and I have asked them to stop the juvenile nonsense. I think (and hope) they've become bored with it.

--Lnkinprk777 02:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Regional suffrage

Date of 1947 is a typo - it's 1847.

New Jersey, on becoming a federal state after the American Revolution, placed only one restriction on the general suffrage — the possession of at least £50 (~USD250) worth of cash or property. The election laws referred to voters as "he or she." In 1790, the law was revised to include women specifically. Female voters became so objectionable to professional politicians, that in 1807 the law was revised to exclude them. Later, the 1844 constitution banned women voting, the 1947 (THIS IS 1847) one then allowed it.

[edit] edit buttons

is it just me or is there really four edit links in a row making no sense at all in the article? -Kushalt 21:34, 23 October 2007 (UTC) PS: i am on mozilla firefox on windows xp

this is under section "Illinois" --Kushalt 21:35, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Five in my SeaMonkey... lol. But they do make sense, after a fashion. It's the combination of the huge horrible box (it would be great if somebody could make a feminism box that sits at the bottom of the page, instead of messing up the whole page layout in this way) with the images, and the fact that the sections are so short, that's doing it. If you mouse over the edit buttons you'll see which section each of them goes to. Bishonen | talk 22:27, 23 October 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Stamp-ctc-19th-amendment.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] First sentance of the Beginnings section is wrong / misleading.

The first sentance, "American women were granted the right to vote with the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920.", in my opinion, is wrong. Many states granted the right of women to vote prior to the passage of the 19th amendment (just look at the rest of the article). The 19th amendment mearly guaranteed the right in every state. I suggest a rewording of the sentance. zimmhead 04:12, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Southern Strategy, Anthony/Stanton/Catt

The history of the Womans' Suffrage Movement is incomplete without details of the blatant racism engaged in by NAWSA and by Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Carrie Chapman Catt in particular. After the passage of the 15th amendment and the split with the abolitionists, Anthony, Stanton and Catt embraced racism as a means to convince southern voters of the need to grant the franchise to women (to protect white supremacy). This is referred to as the Southern Strategy. It was ultimately unsuccessful, as southerners found disfranchising African Americans a more palatable solution than granting the franchise to women. See: Votes for Women, Jean Baker (ed). Gender and Jim Crow, Glenda Gilmore Skc1027 (talk) 14:25, 4 April 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Editing help - how to get rid of text?

Folks - under Civil War, the article reads:

"Another more conservative suffrage organization, the American Woman Suffrage Association, headed by Lucy Stone, was also formed at this time by those who believed that suffrage should be brought about by amendments to the various state constitutions. They supported the proposed 15th amendment as written. In 1890, these two bodies united into one national organization, led by Susan B. Anthony and known as the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Are the stupid people"

When I try to edit that portion of text, I cannot get rid of the "Are the stupid people" at the end. Can someone who knows more than I do about editing a Wiki entry please fix this? Many thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.68.55.65 (talk) 05:43, 3 June 2008 (UTC)