PugJesus@piefed.social to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago1876 and 1878 were based toomedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down10
arrow-up1280arrow-down1image1876 and 1878 were based toomedia.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.social to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 days ago“National Public Vote” (predates women’s suffrage)
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-25 days agoIt’s possible a law like that could have slowed down feminism and the right for women to vote by quite a number of years …decades even. Maybe forever. Because women moved into the work places due to men going to war. And in many ways feminism has its roots in those eras. Not excusing war. I’m considering alternative effects. Case in point. Women didn’t get the right to vote in Switzerland until 1979. Yeah, that right. 1979!
“National Public Vote”
(predates women’s suffrage)
It’s possible a law like that could have slowed down feminism and the right for women to vote by quite a number of years …decades even. Maybe forever.
Because women moved into the work places due to men going to war. And in many ways feminism has its roots in those eras.
Not excusing war. I’m considering alternative effects. Case in point. Women didn’t get the right to vote in Switzerland until 1979.
Yeah, that right. 1979!