For Non-Voters & The Curious...Although... They Know!

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I read a response from one of my friends that she will not vote and it prompted this: How Quickly We Forget...If...We Ever Knew Why women should vote...The story of our Grandmoms; Only 90 years ago! In 1920 women were granted the right to vote. November 15, 1917: Innocent and defenseless, nonetheless all 33 women were jailed for picketing the White House asking for the right to vote. By nightfall they were barely alive. They were wrongly convicted of "obstructing Sidewalk Traffic". With the warden's blessings, forty prison guards, wielding clubs went on a rampage. Lucy Barnes, bleeding and gasping for air was hand-chained to the overhead cell bars overnight. Alice Paul embarked on a hunger strike, she was tied to a chair, a tube was forced down her throat and liquid was poured through it till she would barf. She was tortured this way for weeks...until word got out to the press! For weeks the women's only source of water came from an open pail--their food, all consisting of slop, was infested with worms...And their is much, much more... Let's not forget Woodrow Wilson and cronies, who tried to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane for the purposes of permanent institutionalization. But the wonderful doctor refused. He said, "Alice Paul was strong and brave and that does not make her crazy". So refresh my memory. some women won't vote this year because-why, exactly? If after this you're still unwilling to be a part of the society that we all must share then please, please go to: http:memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nqp/peiaonwea.pdf We all need to vote. We all must use this right that was fought for so hard by these courages women. Whether you vote D, R, or I--Remember to Vote History is being made! ~Seriously, G~