tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post8154317604068935331..comments2023-10-29T03:47:58.234-04:00Comments on Birches: from Dashmann - a history questionBudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17494196266134594302noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-87967956870099071382009-04-24T09:41:00.000-04:002009-04-24T09:41:00.000-04:00I was talking to Dashmann, and he wanted me to th...I was talking to Dashmann, and he wanted me to thank people who responded. He's learned a lot of new information from this ...Budhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494196266134594302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-24009063981258876212009-04-21T21:44:00.000-04:002009-04-21T21:44:00.000-04:00I'd check the National Archives in Washington D.C....I'd check the National Archives in Washington D.C. and the branch in Chicago. ......check to see if there are party archives also.Alicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-13802266739551938662009-04-21T21:37:00.000-04:002009-04-21T21:37:00.000-04:00Perhaps a point of interest: prior to 1896, the S...Perhaps a point of interest: prior to 1896, the State of Utah had universal suffrage. However, in order to become a part of the U.S,they were required to give it up by the U.S. government.Alicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342376107250139964.post-82280635852460788322009-04-20T19:51:00.000-04:002009-04-20T19:51:00.000-04:00Dashman: This is what I remember on this topic; b...Dashman: This is what I remember on this topic; but, be advised, I've forgotten most of what I once knew.<br /><br />Nationally, the party most likely to control both houses of Congress and the presidency in the period 1860-1932 was the GOP. Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson were the only Democratic presidents during that period and while the Dems controlled the House several times (prior to 1896)the GOP controlled the Senate nearly all the time. However, the absence of the ratification of a womens' suffrage amendment during that period doesn't mean the GOP was the major stumbling block. In fact, elements of the GOP during that period were more progressive than most Democrats. Wilson opposed women's suffrage until the war years, when he supported it as contributing to the war effort. (Footnote: Wilson was not a social progressive - he's the president who brought Jim Crow segregation hiring policies to federal employment.) It wasn't until WWI that a critical mass of states petitioned the Congress to propose an amendment granting women throughout the states the right to vote. (Footnote #2: Speaking of people who weren't entirely progressive, many women in the suffrage movement supported the amendment as a way of diluting the voting power of male immigrants.) There, that's probably more than you wanted. (Footnote #3: During the American Revolution the state of New Jersey adopted a state constitution that granted at least some women the right to vote. However, after the war New Jersey adopted a new constitution that limited suffrage to males who owned property or paid taxes.)Spartynoreply@blogger.com