Women's Rights & Issues

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4. Remember the ladies

Tue Jul 9, 2024, 05:41 PM

Jul 2024

“I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”

https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2016/03/remember-the-ladies/]

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An interesting piece of trivia about the fight for the 19th Amendment. From 1776 [View all] niyad Jul 2024 OP

Well said. Aristus Jul 2024 #1

Thank you kindly, good sir. niyad Jul 2024 #2

Women were forced to be dependent upon their fathers, then their husbands. no_hypocrisy Jul 2024 #3

I remember the year we finally were able to buy a house slightlv Jul 2024 #5

Remember the ladies Historic NY Jul 2024 #4

Pity that John and the others did not listen to her. And now we are fighting niyad Jul 2024 #7

. . . niyad Jul 2024 #6

There's at least, a few wonderful inventions or even cures for severe illnesses.. chouchou Jul 2024 #8