How did women get the vote?

Question

I realize that it was the passage of Amendment XIX to the Constitution.

It passed by winning more than two-thirds of the votes in the Senate (all men) and more than half the voters in 36 states voted for it. In many of those states only men had the vot and in those where women already had the vote, it was because previously men had voted for it.

Why did the patriarchy allow this? Why did so many men vote for it?

Ashley

I've never claimed either of those labels. And I don't see the question is sexist. My point was to elicit discussion of the role of men's in women's liberation.

Ashley

My apologies if you feel I was lowering myself or if I offended you. That was not my intent. As I said, my goal was to elicit thought and discussion about the role of men in women's liberation. Perhaps I approached the point badly, but I had no ill will.

Answer 1

It happened because women, as well as men of conscience, started to campaign for it - there were marches, protests, and so on. Politicians realized that women had influence over their husbands and other male voters, whether or not the WOMEN could cast a vote.

Essentially the same thing happened when civil rights for African Americans were finally put into place - black people protested and marched, but good people of ALL colors had to help, or nothing would have happened. It will always be that way: a group of the enfranchised must in some way help the disenfranchised if things are to change.

Answer 2

"opportunities are high that if Hillary wins, INSANLY great numbers of blacks won't vote for Hillary in November." fake. at the beginning, insanely great numbers of human beings do no longer vote, era. Of probable electorate, there prolly heavily isn't a extensive drop in turnout between blacks. they are honest democrats. Hill is a Clinton. that could be a no brainer. Even Gore have been given the black vote conveniently--it could take an extremely presumptive smear to stop Hillary from getting the common treatment from blacks and considering that Obama could proceed to help the occasion, I do in simple terms no longer see this subject happening.

Answer 3

Don't know too much about the US, dearie, but it all started in Brit at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries with the suffragettes. They were after the vote for men and women at a time when neither men nor women could vote unless they owned property. At which time men-hate hadn't been invented and the suffragettes were supported just as much by men as by women.

@ Ashley H - On a point of order, how can you describe yourself as an equalist AND a feminist. Surely that's incongruous?

Answer 4

In some of the sparsely populated Western states, they granted women the vote while still territories because they needed to count the women to make the minimum population count necessary to qualify for statehood. In many Eastern states, the strategy was to influence male politicians who had daughters (especially those with daughters only), because obviously men are prone to believe that their sons-in-law are idiots.

Answer 5

Ashley H: Why are you attacking his question with your false assumptions, lack of knowledge and wrong accusations? Where in his question did he indicate anything sexist, disrespectful or insulting to women or his belief in inequality? You seem to be the one lowering yourself by lowering a legitimate historical question that would be helpful in understanding political behavior and what factors can contribute to women's rights.

EDIT: I'm still trying to figure out why this question was judged as one of the "lower standard" questions? And consequently, you questioning him as an equalist? We just need to be careful when we label questions or people posing legitimate questions--that's all. Since you were not attacking him and he was not attacking equal rights, I won't continue to attack your attack--- and we can have a group hug and move on :)

Answer 6

It was passed to repay women for their efforts in WWI. If you look into history women had been fighting for suffrage near 50 years by the time they finally got the right.

There are obviously other political reasons but I don't feel like digging out my history notes. Reasearch the womens suffrage movement.

Answer 7

Woman fought for the right to vote and many men knew it was the right thing to do !

Answer 8

There are many reasons, so this is just one of the interesting one. It was tuff to get women to move out west, so western states gave them the right to vote to get them to move west. LOL Dam cowboys LOL. There were few places in Mass. where if they owned properity they could vote. Will guess Mass believed constitutuion gave all white folks with propety the right to vote.

Answer 9

why are you asking this question? i thought you were an equalist and feminist?

women received the right to vote because times were changing and minds were opening. this revolution included men.

EDIT: i didn't say you were sexist. i was just curious to why YOU were seemingly lowering yourself to the level of many on this site since you always seem fair. you should take that as a compliment.

EDIT: whoa there, lioness. i didn't say that he was sexist or that the question was sexist. why are you attacking ME? i was not attacking him, just questioning why he asked this question since usually he doesn't post questions like this. i'm sorry if that angers you, but i was not, I REPEAT, not attacking him. calm down! everyone get off my ***. and to the other poster: you can be an equalist and feminist, since feminists do support equal right. at least, i do.

Answer 10

Hi Gnu
Maybe so many men voted for it because it was the right thing to do. Not all men are misogynist you know.