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posted by takyon on Monday December 05 2016, @09:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the on-this-day dept.

THE PETTICOAT REBELLION OF 1916
WOMEN GAIN RIGHT TO VOTE, SUCCEED IN OVERTHROWING GOVERNMENT

Or something like that, might have been Newspaper Headlines of the day.

The real story is that on December 5th, 1916, the polls opened at 8:00am in the small town of Umatilla, Oregon, for a municipal election. And there was not a woman in sight.
Until.

At 2pm, the women showed up in droves and with write-in ballots, they proceeded to elect an all-woman council: a coup d'etat, of sorts.

The story is at:
https://www.damninteresting.com/the-petticoat-rebellion-of-1916/
http://mentalfloss.com/article/63262/laura-starcher-and-petticoat-revolution-1916


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  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Tuesday December 06 2016, @12:34AM

    by edIII (791) on Tuesday December 06 2016, @12:34AM (#437481)

    I'm not sure anyone understands what the fuck you are saying. It's that stupid :)

    'ybp'? What? Women ruled over men in the past? When? Are you conflating your repressed fantasies about Amazon women with actual events in reality?

    For the record, if you read the article, the women fixed up the town, raised its standards substantively, and then promptly and gracefully stepped away from office. They weren't interested in ruling over anything, but finally and actually get the fucking potholes fixed, the electricity bills paid, and unnecessary salaries and expenses slashed.

    It's interesting from a sociological point of view to see you chauvinists and misogynists post today :) Ooooohhh, so scary! Women competently running a town! The sky is FALLING. LOL

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 06 2016, @12:55AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 06 2016, @12:55AM (#437488)

    years before present

  • (Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday December 06 2016, @03:21AM

    by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Tuesday December 06 2016, @03:21AM (#437528) Journal

    (Not GP. Haven't commented as AC in this discussion.) Well, to be fair, the suffragettes were referred to as Amazons by some newspapers in that time period.

    I'm also reminded of the article we had a little while back about the town in Mexico that was taken over by women for the better.

    Perhaps throughout time and space, there are, every now and then, some women with some character, not unlike the fictional women whose stories I enjoy (Xena, Samantha Carter, Janeway, Wonder Woman, etc). Not often enough for me. Women of the present can show their dedication to truth and equality by (finally including women in selective service|ending selective service for assigned males) and (legalizing infant female genital mutilation|putting an end to infant male genital mutilation). Take those |s as XORs, btw, which I believe is how it's done in regexes. I'll leave it up to them. Their choice.

    Way things are going, the idea of gender equality is a fiction just like Xena, Carter, Janeway, and Wonder Woman are.

    But, that old Greek myth, like all myths, must have had some basis in reality. Something similar to this anecdote must happen rarely, but every now and then. You're delusional if you think 2nd wave feminism is it, though. I'm still wondering what's going to come of 3rd wave.

    Not all women want to be Janeway. Turns out a lot don't. And, thankfully for them, they don't have to be. They seem to have good luck finding a husband or else relying on sugar daddy government to get by. Eh, if that's how you people like it, why the fuck should I say there's anything wrong with it.

    I just disagree with it and don't want to be a part of it. I don't see why, as this anecdote shows, women need to be coddled and protected. But, they tell me, because I wish women were exposed to all the bad shit and were beaten and shoved and thrashed the way assigned males are, that makes me a misogynist.

    Suppose my major failure is that I wound up with night terrors because of it. I suppose since I was assigned the male gender at birth, that's because I was just too weak. That's cisfemale privilege right there. You'd never tell a woman that she's just a weak little shit because she wakes up screaming at least once per week, often more frequently.

    I would.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by tathra on Tuesday December 06 2016, @06:00AM

      by tathra (3367) on Tuesday December 06 2016, @06:00AM (#437546)

      You'd never tell a woman that she's just a weak little shit because she wakes up screaming at least once per week, often more frequently.

      i wouldnt tell anyone that, male or female. i have a friend that gets night terrors because of his PTSD. it doesnt make him weak, it makes him a victim of PTSD. if you'd call anyone a weak little shit for having a shitty life and suffering various traumas, that makes you an callous asshole.

      • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday December 06 2016, @01:56PM

        by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday December 06 2016, @01:56PM (#437678) Journal

        I knew a truck driver who delivered cases of cigarettes to stores.
        He got robbed once, beaten with a tire iron, locked in the back of his truck and left to die.

        He used to wake up screaming n his bedroom closet. Went from a tough Newfie to a scared, freaked-out newfie, just like that.

        Funny how the mind can get so fucked.

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        • (Score: 2) by tathra on Tuesday December 06 2016, @05:41PM

          by tathra (3367) on Tuesday December 06 2016, @05:41PM (#437878)

          thankfully there is a cure for PTSD [theguardian.com] but its one of many wonder drugs for treating psychiatric conditions [maps.org] that have been banned thanks to the war on drugs, and we all suffer for it. we're at least 5 years away from being able to get PTSD cured at your psychiatrist's office, but i've heard that impromptu therapy sessions with freelance therapists work pretty well too.