Hard to believe that women in the United States have had the right to vote for less than 100 years, isn’t it? But it’s true: on August 26th, 1920, passage of the 19th amendment granted women the vote. It only took 72 years, if you count from the Seneca convention of 1848. Ladies, celebrate the 90th year of making your voice heard by voting, Chicago-style, early and often.*
*Attributed variously to Al Capone, Mayor Richard Daley, and Mayor William Hale Thompson.
(I could have sworn it was a Boss Tweed/Tammany Hall quote, but that just goes to show that New York had not cornered the market on electoral corruption.)
More posts coming soon!
