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Susan B. Anthony was arrested for casting an
illegal vote in the 1872 presidential election (Ulysses S. Grant v. Horace
Greeley). After her arrest, she
gave a speech in which she referenced the preamble of the United States
Constitution:
"It was we, the people;
not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the
whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings
of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of
our posterity, but to the whole people - women as well as men. And it is a
downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of
liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them
provided by this democratic-republican government - the ballot.”
She died in 1906 after five decades of fighting for a woman’s right to
vote. However, it was not until
1920 that the 19th Amendment was finally ratified by the Sixty-sixth
Congress:
"The right of Citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate
legislation.”
Source:
www.historyplace.com
While still a private citizen, Ronald Reagan warned us in 1961,
yet these words could have been spoken just yesterday.
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Photos from Maryland Federation of Republican Women's Spring Board Meeting in Easton, Maryland
GREAT QUOTES
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently to build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
Abraham Lincoln
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. Ronald Reagan
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts. Abraham Lincoln
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