11th minute: Why Wyoming granted female suffrage in 1869
It had 6000 males, and only 1000 females.
Men bribed women with votes to come live in Wyoming.
That was the snowball that started it all.
The rape of the Sabine women comes to mind.
THE VOICE OF REASON Solon, (born c. 630 BCE—died c. 560 BCE), Athenian statesman, known as one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece (the others were Chilon of Sparta, Thales of Miletus, Bias of Priene, Cleobulus of Lindos, Pittacus of Mytilene, and Periander of Corinth). Solon ended exclusive aristocratic control of the government, substituted a system of control by the wealthy, and introduced a new and more humane law code. He was also a noted poet.
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