SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
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
This discussion has been archived.
No new comments can be posted.
The Petticoat Rebellion: Women 'Hack' an Election
|
Log In/Create an Account
| Top
| 53 comments
| Search Discussion
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
While you recently had your problems on the run, they've regrouped and
are making another attack.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 05 2016, @11:06PM
The major flaw in your analysis (of many I can tell you!) is assuming when people vote a millionaire into office, they must be simpletons, unable to rightly ascertain your (more) correct point of view, but somehow when women are voted into office, it shows the sage nature of the common (wo)man.
Sorry. Can't have it both ways.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 06 2016, @01:08AM
Let's get a neurologist in here! Your brain is mapping your opinions and delusions top of reality.
You're comparing apples and oranges, all I did was point that out. I never commented on the value of the women winning. There were no two ways, there is money influencing politics, and then there is actual democratic voting. One allows the will of a single person to all but directly control an election, the other is the actual process of voting... How do you not understand that these are different things? You're too caught up in your weird narrative, and its projecting outward on to reality.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 06 2016, @01:17AM
Can't have it both ways.
Why not? Darn Millionaire-voting simpletons that cannot do a decent false dilemma!!