One hundred years ago today women of New York state were granted the right to vote. This is nearly seventy years after the suffragettes in Seneca Falls first began the battle for the women's vote. It seems auspicious as we go into a most important county election tomorrow here in Westchester County and NY state.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/nyregion/new-york-today-a-century-of-women-voting.html?_r=0
Quotes for Elizabeth Cady Stanton:
"Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see the world is changing."
"Women's discontent increases in direct proportion to her development."
"Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/nyregion/new-york-today-a-century-of-women-voting.html?_r=0
Quotes for Elizabeth Cady Stanton:
"Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see the world is changing."
"Women's discontent increases in direct proportion to her development."
"Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility."
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