When You Think About It: GIRL POWER!

F LoBuono

On this date, June 4, 1919, exactly 100 years ago, the 19th Amendment was passed, giving women the right to vote.

Now, the 15th Amendment which prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizens "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" was ratified on February 3, 1870. Simply put, it gave former slaves the right to vote.

Do the math: the lowest members on the social rung, former slaves, were given the most important and basic of freedoms for Americans, the right to vote, almost 50 full years before we gave it to the other half of our population, i.e. women.

So, when you think about it, stop complaining that women, especially through the #MeToo movement and beyond, are asking for too much! Yes, they have come a long way, despite the efforts of a patriarchal society to keep them down, but still have a long distance to go (women make .78 cents to every dollar made by a man).

Let's use the day to salute the women who sacrificed and suffered to earn them the rights they should have always had and commit to total equality for the future.

GIRL POWER
   GIRL POWER
       GIRL POWER!!!!