tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624729881700508557.post97828989879360224..comments2023-09-29T10:12:04.080-04:00Comments on Old Time Me Artist aka Grinnin Gramma: We've Another WINNER and We're Not Political Here...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918473679427192500noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624729881700508557.post-19092655838334478512008-09-03T09:58:00.000-04:002008-09-03T09:58:00.000-04:00Thanks for sharing this history! It's a great remi...Thanks for sharing this history! It's a great reminder to not take our voting privilege for granted.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571487816552446985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624729881700508557.post-32678030319897033672008-09-02T22:22:00.000-04:002008-09-02T22:22:00.000-04:00That was very interesting. I agree 100% we should...That was very interesting. I agree 100% we should all get out there and vote. I had not heard about the women before and it was appalling. God Bless Them!! Congrats to the winner...lucky her. Maybe I'll win September do you think?Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08294409781417087833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624729881700508557.post-55321423193600740202008-09-02T20:03:00.000-04:002008-09-02T20:03:00.000-04:00OMG, Janet! I hate to say this, but I think that ...OMG, Janet! I hate to say this, but I think that women were oppressed for so long that it will take another 50 years for us to get to the place where men are right now in our society.<BR/><BR/>My former MIL (also passed on, years ago) refused to cut her hair because her husband (who died long before I entered that family) wanted her to keep it long. It was grey-brown and so thin that you could see her scalp in several places. It hung below her hips and wasn't at all attractive or becoming. She had trouble washing it but continued to wear it 40 years past his death because that's the way he wanted it. A sweet sentiment, I suppose, but it still upsets me when I meet women who refuse to form their own opinions.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>SherAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07918473679427192500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624729881700508557.post-57237298160108046242008-09-02T19:53:00.000-04:002008-09-02T19:53:00.000-04:00That is some history, and makes me all the more re...That is some history, and makes me all the more resolved to learn as much as I can and vote a clear conscience.<BR/><BR/>It's hard to imagine that women got the vote only 5 years before my mother was born. I wish I'd been more aware when I was young and had questioned my grandmother about this stuff. She was about 27 when women got the vote (born 1893.) Here I am kicking myself! (Just imagine it.)<BR/><BR/>Now, my dearly departed ex MIL (mother to ex-husband) who was born around the time women got the vote was living in another world from where I was.<BR/><BR/>She cleaned house. I mean, her own house. When I visited, I cleaned house too. One time we were cleaning houses, listening to two men in the kitchen arguing politics.<BR/><BR/>I asked her how she felt about whatever issue it was. She didn't know, she was only mad that someone was disagreeing with her husband.<BR/><BR/>THEN she said, "The problems in this country started when women got the vote."<BR/><BR/>HUH?????? WHA?????????<BR/><BR/>I pointed out to her that she voted. Do you know why she voted? She only voted so her husband wouldn't have to. <BR/><BR/>He made up a list of how she was to vote and she'd go to the polls and vote how he had told her to.<BR/><BR/>I asked if she ever disagreed, thinking maybe once she got there, she voted her own way. She said no, she didn't disagree, and she didn't pay any attention to those things anyway. But she trusted him to vote right.<BR/><BR/>I couldn't believe it. This was in 1968, 48 years after women got the vote.<BR/><BR/>JanetJanet C. Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04839427031185835896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624729881700508557.post-23989217777449558842008-09-02T13:01:00.000-04:002008-09-02T13:01:00.000-04:00Hi Sher,I'm glad Polly won. She is another very sw...Hi Sher,<BR/><BR/>I'm glad Polly won. She is another very sweet woman :) so congrat's to her :)<BR/>Thank you so much for your current post. I NEVER knew all that and I am ashamed that I didn't know. WOW..is all I can say. I will vote !! <BR/>Warmly, Deb :)GARAGE SALE GALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07196934302729907272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624729881700508557.post-33779143006910581642008-09-02T09:41:00.000-04:002008-09-02T09:41:00.000-04:00Opps, I meant "DAY"! LOL!! -Your loving "grandda...Opps, I meant "DAY"! LOL!! <BR/>-Your loving "granddaughter" Pollyblessingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00329222864151673117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624729881700508557.post-78915803851408646612008-09-02T08:26:00.000-04:002008-09-02T08:26:00.000-04:00Wow, what an intriguing post! I didn't know how t...Wow, what an intriguing post! I didn't know how they were mistreated during their attempts to be allowed to vote. Good for that doctor that stood up for Alice!!<BR/><BR/>Thank you so, so much for picking me to be your winner. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to come here first thing in the morning and receive such a lovely gift! You've made my dad!! Blessings... Pollyblessingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00329222864151673117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624729881700508557.post-88508449613029193292008-09-02T01:58:00.000-04:002008-09-02T01:58:00.000-04:00A very interesting post - I had not heard of the h...A very interesting post - I had not heard of the history you mentioned and it is enlightening to say the least. You would have thought men would have been somehow more gentlemanly then- It is so sad they way we misuse power and authority- guess that never changes!!! :) maryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624729881700508557.post-56990903623555541812008-09-02T00:18:00.000-04:002008-09-02T00:18:00.000-04:00First, congrats to Polly for winning.Second, I wan...First, congrats to Polly for winning.<BR/>Second, I want to be in on the September draw.<BR/>Third, I am not particularly political myself but I must say that it is our duty as women to vote as the women before us worked and suffered to get us this right and we shall not waste it! I do believe that a women can do just as good a job as any of these men have done. I get really angry when they start talking about PMS causing wars and weakness in decision making.....Linda ★ Parker's Generalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580449029112777882noreply@blogger.com