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paradisa2012-08-26 11:24 pm
20thcentury) wrote in paradisa2012-08-26 11:24 pm
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☇seven.
[Idly dictated:]
Today is Women's Equality Day in America. Or at least it is in my universe; I'm not sure what the political climate is like where the rest of you lot come from.
But in 1920, on today's date, the United States finally granted women the right to vote.
[A pause.]
It's really a bit silly, dedicating a single day to 'women's equality,' isn't it? It isn't as though doing such a thing'll erase all the inequality the female sex still suffers. Not to mention it's not a day that gets a lot of attention and fanfare to begin with. I reckon most calendars don't even mark it.
Not that I hold any real stock in voting, anyway. Nor do the rest of you, from the looks of it. But I suppose I ought to be grateful for small victories in the grand scheme of things.
Today is Women's Equality Day in America. Or at least it is in my universe; I'm not sure what the political climate is like where the rest of you lot come from.
But in 1920, on today's date, the United States finally granted women the right to vote.
[A pause.]
It's really a bit silly, dedicating a single day to 'women's equality,' isn't it? It isn't as though doing such a thing'll erase all the inequality the female sex still suffers. Not to mention it's not a day that gets a lot of attention and fanfare to begin with. I reckon most calendars don't even mark it.
Not that I hold any real stock in voting, anyway. Nor do the rest of you, from the looks of it. But I suppose I ought to be grateful for small victories in the grand scheme of things.