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Beacool

(30,322 posts)
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 06:09 PM Jun 2016

I found this toon quite apropos.



Thank you to all the women who came before us and fought the hard fight that enabled future generations to have the right to vote. Thank you to those who were in the women's movement, who fought to attain equality in the work force and the right to own our bodies.

This one is for you.

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I found this toon quite apropos. (Original Post) Beacool Jun 2016 OP
LOVE IT niyad Jun 2016 #1
Isn't it a great toon? Beacool Jun 2016 #3
Have you seen the HBO movie "Iron Jawed Angels" caquillo Jun 2016 #5
No, I haven't seen it. Beacool Jun 2016 #6
great cartoon.. chillfactor Jun 2016 #2
I found it inspiring. Beacool Jun 2016 #4
Every summer when I drive up to Toronto I pass through the Seneca Falls area (within 4 miles).... George II Jun 2016 #7
I have never seen it either. Beacool Jun 2016 #11
That's great! DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #8
K & R Walk away Jun 2016 #9
That is wonderful! NastyRiffraff Jun 2016 #10
You're welcome. Beacool Jun 2016 #15
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Jun 2016 #12
Great cartoon Gothmog Jun 2016 #13
Very nice and touching post, Beacool! And it's so true. eom BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #14
No problem........ Beacool Jun 2016 #16

Beacool

(30,322 posts)
3. Isn't it a great toon?
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 06:13 PM
Jun 2016

I also found it moving. So many women put everything on the line, whether in the suffragette movement or in the women's movement of the 60s. Those of us who have benefited from these women's hard work and sacrifice should be grateful to them. We should never forget in whose footsteps we follow.




caquillo

(521 posts)
5. Have you seen the HBO movie "Iron Jawed Angels"
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 06:25 PM
Jun 2016

Last edited Fri Jun 10, 2016, 07:01 PM - Edit history (1)

It tells the story of the passage of the 19th Amendment, as seen through the eyes of suffragist Alice Paul (Hilary Swank). This scene, in particular, which depicts the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession on Pennsylvania Avenue (organized by Paul), is very effective IMO in portraying the verbal/physical abuse and threats these brave women endured -- all because they wanted to vote.



More on the parade:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_suffrage_parade_of_1913

Beacool

(30,322 posts)
6. No, I haven't seen it.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 06:39 PM
Jun 2016

Thanks for uploading this video. It's distressing what women had to go through to get the vote. Some were incarcerated and even force fed with tubes shoved down their throats. It's a shame that so many people take for granted their hard fought right to vote.

Beacool

(30,322 posts)
4. I found it inspiring.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 06:16 PM
Jun 2016

If there is indeed an afterlife, I hope that all these women watched and gave Hillary a thumbs up.

George II

(67,782 posts)
7. Every summer when I drive up to Toronto I pass through the Seneca Falls area (within 4 miles)....
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 07:11 PM
Jun 2016

....one of these years I'll have to see what the Women's Rights National Historical Park is all about.

That was an amazing gathering they had up there, now about 175 years ago.

They would be proud of Hillary Clinton!

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