Vote
The right to vote should never be taken for granted. The first country to give women democratic voting rights was New Zealand in 1893, years ahead of Finland (1907), Canada (1917), UK (1918) and USA (1920); it took Portugal until 1976. The success of New Zealand’s suffragettes was linked to another social issue: alcohol abuse, and its associated violence against women. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union argued that granting political power to women would help to ensure their protection. Over a century later, women are making pinkie promises with their kids that they will VoteLikeAMadre to fight climate change.
— Wayne Visser
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