Please vote
No long post tonight, as I’ve been watching the presidential debate. It’s more substantive than I had expected, given the way the campaign has been going.
If you’re not registered to vote, please do so. The deadline is this weekend in many states. You can download the forms for most states here. It’s less than 100 years since women got the right to vote in this country — don’t take it for granted.
I love this cartoon on women’s suffrage I found at the Library of Congress.
It shows a man in a suit and apron, holding two screaming infants, and looking with a desperate expression at a woman wearing a dress, jacket, tie, and monocle. There’s a sign in the back saying "Votes for Women" and the caption is "Election Day." I assume the implication is if you let women vote, the next thing you know, they’ll be going out to work and the men will be taking care of children.
