In case American women have forgotten the history of women’s suffering, some of them obviously have, here is a list of what we had to endure before equal rights.
Married women were legally dead in
the eyes of the law.
Women were not allowed to vote.
Women had to submit to laws when
they had no voice in their formation.
Married women had no property rights.
Husbands had legal power over and
responsibility for their wives to the extent that they could imprison or beat
them with impunity.
Divorce and child custody laws
favored men, giving no rights to women.
Women had to pay property taxes
although they had no representation in the levying of these taxes.
Most occupations were closed to
women and when women did work they were paid only a fraction of what men earned.
Women were not allowed to enter
professions such as medicine or law.
Women had no means to gain an
education since no college or university would accept women students.
With only a few exceptions, women
were not allowed to participate in the affairs of the church.
Women were robbed of their
self-confidence and self-respect, and were made totally dependent on men.
I am so disappointed in the white women who voted for Trump. Many were my family members and so-called friends. Our rights are in peril, and anyone who thinks otherwise is either ignorant or brainwashed.
1 comment:
I hear your pain, Kelley, and feel it as deeply as you do. What happened in this election was an abomination. I can't believe any sane woman would willingly give up her rights. And for what? To be abused and treated like trash? This country is sicker than I thought.
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