tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post5941812196296703102..comments2024-03-29T05:03:05.347+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: A Vindication of the Rights of WomanJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-87149520094218454292009-07-21T06:48:19.551+03:002009-07-21T06:48:19.551+03:00I think class trumps both to be honest, although I...I think class trumps both to be honest, although I totally get what you're saying.<br /><br />But it is interesting that it took the Civil Rights movement to finally reconstruct the south and guarantee access to education and the vote -- what was that, almost another hundred years after the war? <br /><br />And we still don't have true gender or "racial" equality in this avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-23266350824747981482009-07-21T06:02:03.347+03:002009-07-21T06:02:03.347+03:00Well, yeah, there was a difference between law and...Well, yeah, there was a difference between law and fact, but still, I get it how women who worked hard for abolition and emancipation for blacks might be a tad annoyed at lack of reciprocation, even if only theoretical, down the road. 50 years between black male suffrage and the vote for women of any color...and the ERA never did pass...and Mondale/Ferraro defeat...then there's Hillary. <brNYT Perduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05799504399477460783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-17250548501140520602009-07-21T04:34:59.557+03:002009-07-21T04:34:59.557+03:00''black men were given the right to vote b...''black men were given the right to vote but not women''<br /><br />Interestingly, while black men legally had the right to vote earlier, it took the Civil Rights Act many decades later to insure that minorities would be guaranteed access to the voting booth.Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-2367930966181205542009-07-19T17:29:49.668+03:002009-07-19T17:29:49.668+03:00"The rise of women" and the influence of..."The rise of women" and the influence of the women's sphere as a way to "regenerate" the public/male sphere is also something touched on by Lears. Seems like there was much social unrest during this period from all sides.<br /><br />He also, by the way, acknowledges the role of McKinley in the invasion/occupation of Cuba and the Philippines, although from my reading of avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.com