“Ode to a ‘Tired Liberal’”
“Ode to a ‘Tired Liberal’”
By Evangeline McAllister (Nov 4, 1937)
In youth he swore to rend the hindering bars
That held his people from the Promised Land…
Rights Delayed
In 1870, the 15th Amendment was passed enfranchising black men, but not women, with the right to vote. American women were not granted the right until 1920. It is amusing to see how many countries granted women this right before the United States. Poland, Russia, Germany, Canada, Finland, Austria, Ireland, Finland and Australia all allowed [...]
