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I am amazed at how little we know as Americans, about our own country.  I shouldn't be surprised at how little we know about all the other countries of the world.  I had an idea.  I have not abandoned my quantum faith series, but, I would like to take our intellectual pulse, so to speak!
 
I am sure that many of you will rush to the internet search engines to find the answers to these questions, which is fine.  I ask only this:  Please respond once, before you go to look it up...and don't spoil it too soon for others that might be interested in taking the quiz. 
 
For those of highest integrity, I suggest that if you do not know the answers, instead of looking it up on the internet to prove your prowess...make an educated guess instead. 
 
Here it is folks:
 
1.) How many of today's states (including territories, pre-1900) gave women the right to vote before the year1900?
 
2.) Which states/territories were they? 
 
3.) Can you list them, in order, earliest first?
 
4.) Which state was the first state to elect a woman to the legislature?
 
5.)  5.) Who was the first woman to run for the office of the President of the United States?
 
(I added this one at 11:45AM CST, on April 20, 2007)
 
Have fun!
 
truthsayer


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  • KayRoseOrchid said on Apr 20, 2007....
    Oh no! My first comment was lost! Darn.

    I took a women's history course a couple years back. I have a number that I think may be accurate. Should I say it now or hold off a bit?

    Wyoming and the Dakotas I believe may be a few of the states. I believe they were mostly states in the western half of the nation.

    As for question 4: I do not know, but I should! I also took a women in politics course. Wish I could remember!
  • KayRoseOrchid said on Apr 20, 2007....
    grrr...I meant to add Utah to that too!
  • secretlife said on Apr 20, 2007....
    Being from NJ, I know we were among the first, if not the first to grant women the right to vote.  But then we took it away again. 
     
    My elementary school was Susan B. Anthony Elementary....
     
    I knew Wyoming and think Utah is a good guess....i'd say there were maybe a handful of states by 1900...i'd also guess western states.
     
    i know some states gave partial rights (like women could vote in certain elections...local/school)..
     
    I'm terrible at all history, so i'm an equal opportunity offender US History and global...
     
     
  • silverwhisper said on Apr 20, 2007....
    1. no idea, my immediate impulse was to say 0 until i read the second question. i am inclined to think no more than 3 states, with 2 in the northeast.
    2. no idea.
    3. ditto.
    4. i keep wanting to say california, but i don't know.

    i suspect i completely flunked.

    ed
  • TinSoldier said on Apr 20, 2007....
    1.) How many states gave women the right to vote before the year1900?
    2 states
     
    2.) Which states were they?
    Wyoming and Utah (Utah was a guess)

    3.) Can you list them, in order, earliest first?
    No. I want to say Wyoming.
     
    4.) Which state was the first state to elect a woman to the legislature?
    Don't know.

    Note: I posted this before reading the other comments or looking it up.
  • TinSoldier said on Apr 20, 2007....
    Oh, that's right! Wyoming and Utah were only territories at the time, not states! Grr.
  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....

    You are right guys.  I should have included territories for clarity.  I meant of the 50 states we have at present.  But some of the states were terriroties pre-1900.  I didn't word this very well : (

    I didn't really expect us all to do very well.  I knew the first two states that gave women the right to vote, but I didn't know the first four.

    Several of you got some right...that's good.

    Before I post the answers, I want to add one more question. 

    I will add it here, and do an edit on the original post.

    5.) Who was the first woman to run for the office of the President of the United States?

    Anyone know?

    truthsayer

     

  • TinSoldier said on Apr 20, 2007....
    I saw the answer to #5 after I looked up my own answers (after posting, of course) but I've forgotten it.
  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....

    Don't give any hints then, ok TinSoldier?  I will check this again later, and post the list.  It is interesting.  It isn't always what we would think at first, based on today's group-think-generalizations, is it?

    truth

  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....
    To all who have commented.  Check out the new question!
  • beyondtheveil said on Apr 20, 2007....
    truth- Well, I flunked. As to the last question, I won't even guess the obvious possibility.
  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....

    Please do beyondtheveil.  I think the ones that posted comments here are brave souls!  I would have been intimidated by the questions!  We know, or remember so little from school...and frankly, I don't remember much about all of the presidents either.  I have a slight advantage in that we homeschool our kids...but we are constantly amazed at how little we remember from our own school days.

    I do a lot of research on the internet, and keep encyclopedias, dictionaries, Bibles, and many other reference books at my desk all the time.  I am always looking something up...and that is what I tell my kids too...always, take the time to look up anything that comes to mind, or is mentioned, etc...that you don't know.  Find out, and don't wait!  I noticed the brave ones posted first, and then went and researched it right away...that is an alert but humble mind!  As it should be, and that is pretty much my point here.

    How often do we refuse to look things up because we don't want to know? 

    I mean social, spiritual, moral, ethical type things. 

    I think if we did...if we would really take the time to look things up and open our minds to the true history of America, women's suffrage, abolitionists, science and scientists, theories, dogmas, etc...we would be much better off than we are now.

    ...imho

    I will be posting the answer to #1 soon...

    Thanks for commenting beyond...go ahead, make that guess ; ) 

    truth

  • beyondtheveil said on Apr 20, 2007....
    truth- ok. Mrs. Bill Clinton.
  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....

    Thanks beyond.  I wonder how many will agree with you.  She wanted it for a long time, and she is finally doing it, isn't she.  I wonder if she always had those plans, in her heart of hearts.

    truth

  • silverwhisper said on Apr 20, 2007....
    truthsayer: i believe the first serious candidate was geraldine ferraro in the 80s, no?

    ed
  • Holly-Go-Lightly said on Apr 20, 2007....

    sorry Truth! this isn't a response to your latest. Just thought you might want to check out zerocool2007  - he has a topic you may find pretty interesting--and if anyone can prove the answer it would be you!!

    Holly

  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....

    Actually, to avoid anymore factual innaccuracies or term confusion, I am posting all of the answers here.  You can see that our words, just little errors, can be confusing! 


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    1907-1930: We are a diverse nation, confronting our differences

    January 1, 1919
    Map: States grant women the right to vote

    Map: States grant women the right to vote

    While seeking to amend the U.S. Constitution, the women’s suffrage movement also waged a state-by-state campaign. The territory of Wyoming was the first to give women the vote in 1869. Other western states and territories followed.

    States granting women the right to vote prior to the 19th Amendment:

    Wyoming 1890
    Colorado 1893
    Utah 1896
    Idaho 1896
    Washington 1910
    California 1911
    Arizona 1912
    Kansas 1912
    Oregon 1912
    Montana 1914
    Nevada 1914
    New York 1917
    Michigan 1918
    Oklahoma 1918
    South Dakota 1918

    Full Voting Rights before 19th Amendment and before statehood

    Territory of Wyoming 1869
    Territory of Utah 1870
    Territory of Washington 1883
    Territory of Montana 1887
    Territory of Alaska 1913

    Could vote for President prior to the 19th Amendment

    Illinois 1913
    Nebraska 1917
    Ohio 1917
    Indiana 1917
    North Dakota 1917
    Rhode Island 1917
    Iowa 1919
    Maine 1919
    Minnesota 1919
    Missouri 1919
    Tennessee 1919
    Wisconsin 1919

    Gained Voting Rights after the passage:

    Vermont
    New Hampshire
    Massachusetts
    Connecticut
    Pennsylvania
    New Jersey
    Delaware
    Maryland
    West Virginia
    Virginia
    North Carolina
    South Carolina
    Georgia
    Alabama
    Florida
    Mississippi
    Louisiana
    Arkansas
    Texas
    New Mexico
    Kentucky

  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....

    Here is the link:

    http://constitutioncenter.org/timeline/html/cw08_12159.html

     

  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....

    KayRoseOrchid, you got quite a few of them right!  I will take a look at that blog too.  Thanks for the link!  I have an appointment about an hour and a half away, and I have to leave here by 3pm cst.  I will try to look at it sometime today or tonight though...You have me quite curious!

    truthsayer

  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....

    secretlife:

    I didn't know that about NJ.  I would be interested to know the history of that.  Kind of weird to grant the right and then take it back.  Had to be an interesting story behind that action!

    You probably know that Susan B. Anthony was a Quaker.  Many, if not most of the suffragists were Christians.  They didn't have the sub-category of "evangelical" back then.  A Christian was a Christian, as long as they professed Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.  I found some references saying that although the suffragists were Christians, most were not Evangelical Christians...what's up with that anyway ; )

     

  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....
    4.) Colorado was the first state to elect a woman to the legislature.
  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....

    TinSoldier:

    You were right about several of them.  My wording was wrong!

    truth

  • TinSoldier said on Apr 20, 2007....
    Thanks, that was fun truthsayer...
  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....

    beyondtheveil and silverwhisper:

    It isn't Hillary or Geraldine.  It was actually a contemporary of Susan B. Anthony.  Her name was Victoria Claflin Woodhull.  She was quite unusual.  She posited that women did not have to fight for the right to vote.  She said that women's rights were guaranteed by the Creator.  That we are all endowed with certain inalienable rights, endowed by our Creator...

    She didn't win the election, but she was quite radical.  Susan B. Anthony was pragmatic and very traditional.  She tolerated Victoria Claflin Woodhull, who finally died in England in obscurity.  Her nickname was Mrs. Satan.  She got involved in the spiritist movement that was sweeping the area at the time.

    BTW, that election was in 1872, and she was so liberal (promoted sexual freedom, etc.) that she might actually have had a chance of being elected today!

    Oh, God forbid!  We are in enough trouble already ; )

    truthsayer 

  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....

    Holly-Go-Lightly AND KayRoseOrchid!

    See what happens when you hurry???  I put part of my comment to HollyG, in a response to KRO!!!

    I will check out that blog HGL!!!  I will try to get online when I get back from this appointment today.

    Thanks for the link HGL! 

    Thanks to everyone for participating!!!

    Your Fellow Think Baby,

    truthsayer

  • doyoulikeme said on Apr 20, 2007....
    1.) How many of today's states (including territories, pre-1900) gave women the right to vote before the year1900? don't know

    2.) Which states/territories were they? don't know

    3.) Can you list them, in order, earliest first? don't know

    4.) Which state was the first state to elect a woman to the legislature? don't know

    5.) 5.) Who was the first woman to run for the office of the President of the United States? I think it was a suffragette not sure which one, only prominate female pol I can think of is Shirley Chisom
    These were hard!!
  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....

    Thank YOU TinSoldier! 

    Hey, check out my next blog about our American Schools 30 years ago.  It is timely and actually, related to this discussion.  Have we become Self Righteous Learners?  Unable, or unwilling to see that we have to change the way we are doing things?  Are we too proud to say, 'I see a problem, but I don't know what to do about it?'

    I will be interested in your comments.

    truth

  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....

    I know doyoulikeme...we have to be humble to learn, and when we don't know something, it is more honorable to say that we don't know, and then study it, with an open mind, than to continue to act in the pretense of, "I know everyhting" and "everything is fino, fino"!

    Thanks for participating!  Read my next blog...especially if you are a young person...actually, I am interested in ALL responses!

    Thanks!  See you there!

    truth

  • silverwhisper said on Apr 20, 2007....
    truthsayer: i've never heard of her until now. thank you--i have learned something new today!

    ed
  • truthsayer said on Apr 20, 2007....

    Hi ed:

    I did a lot of research on her over 10 years ago. She was quite a character, she and her sister. She was very liberal and promiscuous (sp). She and her sister Tennessee, or Tenny Claflin. Tenny Claflin never wore dresses, although she was quite heterosexual. They got involved as spiritists with Vanderbilt. It was quite scandalous, and Susan B. Anthony and her fellow workers thought that her sensationalism was a deterrant to their cause...some wondered too though, if she wished that she had thought of the "endowed by their Creator" argument though ; )

    When she got older, she remarried and having a husband that respected her, protected her and provided for her, seems to have helped her to rest up a bit and reevaluate some of her earlier positions ; ) She had previously had to do a lot of scrapping to survive. She was just too flighty and brash to ever 'git r done' in the USA. She lived out her quite traditional life in relative obsurity and comfort in England.

    What I found interesting is the turmoil in our country during that time period was so similar to the turmoil today...except for the secular humanists and such. But there was a mini-sexual revolution with free love advocates (like Ms. Claflin Woodhull) and there was a concurrent "spiritist movement" akin to the new age or metaphysical stuff that you see today.

    Anyway, glad you learned something today and glad to be of service.

    truthsayer

  • KayRoseOrchid said on Apr 20, 2007....
    truth~Thanks for this quiz! It was good to get to jog my memory =)
  • dailyachesandpains said on Apr 20, 2007....
    An education for me, thank you, I really need one, lol...not kidding either!  :-)
     
    Daily
  • silverwhisper said on Apr 21, 2007....
    truthsayer, is there a biography or anything about her? i'd be interested in doing some research myself.

    ed
  • TinSoldier said on Apr 21, 2007....
    ed, Wikipedia is your friend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Woodhull

    Google works too, ya know. ;-)

  • silverwhisper said on Apr 21, 2007....
    i was asking b/c i was interested in a deeper level of information than i could glean from a wiki. :p

    ed
  • truthsayer said on Apr 22, 2007....

    There are quite a few books about her.  I read biographies mostly.  I can't remember if there was an autobiography or not.  We recently moved onto this big ranch, and many of my books are probably still packed.  I went to the library and got six or eight different books about here. 

    She is mentioned in some of the Women's Suffrage books, but, like I said, she was more tolerated, than really liked.  She had such a hard life, that even the ones that clearly didn't like her, were mostly kind to her because of her circumstances.  You can find things written about her and Vanderbilt, and the use of his fortune for some of her stock market ventures.  I would suggest the library, rather than the internet, if you are interested in doing deeper research.  You cannot beat the library for depth that the internet simply cannot posess.

    If I find my notes, with specific mention of books, I will let you know.  I think one was actually called "Mrs. Satan", or had it in the title.  If you call your local "reference desk" they will find all the books that mention her, for you.  It takes a week or so, but it is worth it if you are in a hurry and want to be thorough.

    truthsayer

  • truthsayer said on Apr 22, 2007....

    To KAYROSEORCHID, and DAILYACHESANDPAINS,

    I am glad that you found it useful.  There is so much about our country, that we think we know (like we know we knew it once, so we must still know ; ) and it is good for all of us to revisit our history, and remember what it is that makes us good, and that makes us Americans, who we are.

    God speed ladies,

    truthsayer

  • truthsayer said on Apr 22, 2007....

    HOLLY-GO-LIGHTLY:

    I tried to find that blog that you wanted me to look at, but the search engine on soulcast is completely useless.  If you could provide an actual link to that specific blog, I will take a look at it today (Sunday).  I will still be "around" on and off today.

    You really have me curious, so I hope you see this today.

    truthsayer

  • silverwhisper said on Apr 22, 2007....
    again, my thanks, truthsayer. i shall have to hit my library.

    ed
  • truthsayer said on Apr 24, 2007....
    No problem.  You are welcome.  : )
  • truthsayer said on Apr 24, 2007....

    I found a link to all libraries.  If you want it, let me know.

    truth

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