Elisabeth Hasselbeck Needs To Go Back To High School!
Filed under: Elizabitch HasselbeckSheri must be real happy Elizabitch is back on The View.
On Monday's episode, Hasselbeck had a hard time remembering who was granted the right to vote first - women or people of color.
Thankfully, Whoopi put her in her place.
Click here to check it out!
P.S. Rosie must be laughing her ass off…in a very ANNOYING way.
Update: Whoopi was wrong?
Maybe we all could use a little history lesson!
Posted: January 21, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Haha youre an idiot pussboy, elizabeth was right and whoppi proved it all along that black people dont know shit. When you learn about your own heritage maybe you can criticize us for ours, until then STFU whoppi
black men got the right to vote before women did. whoopi's wrong. hasselback was correct.
Hillary….turning our country into a CUNTry.
Seriously? Come on! How could anyone in todays society not know who got the right to vote first? Especially now that we have a viable woman and black male candidate? I think Whoopi is the one that needs to go back to High School! I personally am pulling for Hillary! She's intelligent, strong, and she has some great plans for America, if only our sexist society could give her a chance. Obama on the other hand, needs to spend more time working for this country before he can disillusion the American people into thinking that he can run this country! Almost his entire time in the Senate has been spent running for President!
i hate Elisabeth Hasselbeck!!!! i wish they would take her off that dam show… it was waaay better without her anyway!!!!
mom2ca: Whoopi is correct. African Americans got the vote in 1905. Women in 1920, under the 19th ammendment. Elisabeth needs to get her fact straight before she starts flapping that pompous mouth of hers.
Are you retarded? 1905 comes BEFORE 1920 you moron. YOU are the one that needs to go back to KINDERGARTEN and learn to fucking COUNT!!!!
Oops! Got that bckward. Elisabeth should have more confidence in her facts Whoopi bulldozed her.
Just shows your ignorance, Perez. Not everyone needs a history lesson, some of us have our facts straight.
All you haters need to get a life. No one would make a fuss over this if Joy or Barbara or hideous Whoppi made a slip up like this. Elisabeth is overly scrutinized because everyone is JEALOUS. She is beautiful, intelligent, and brave and everyone hates that she is willing to hold her own in an overly liberal, moral-crumbling world. Elisabeth will never be fired because she elicits strong ratings because of idiots like you. She is too talented and educated to be on The View. All of those who dislike her do so because you want to be her! ROSIE sucks!
1870- african americans.
1920- women.
wow people. wow.
Yeah, we fucking get it! You stupid fucks who think they are so smart to post the same info that about 400 other people have posted! Shut the fuck up, we get it already! Oh, you're so smart to cut and paste the same shit that everybody else posts! And yes, Hasslecunt it a dangerous, stupid bitch who is contaminating the airwaves! I bet she's right there with Huchafuck and wants to change the Constitution to force this country into becoming a Christian only nation! Fuck them! If they try it, I'll mark on Washington with torch in hand! AND SHUT THE FUCK UP AND QUIT REPOSTING WIKI SHIT ABOUT WHO WAS FIRST! WE GET IT ALREADY!
Re: mom2ca –
LOL…you are an idiot. Not only are you wrong on your years, but you are wrong in counting. 1905 comes before 1920…as in 5 comes before 20. The 5 and 6 year olds I teach know how to count to 100. They also know that 5 comes before 20. You don't. You are a moron.
15th amendment = 1870ish = ALL black men
19th amendment = 1920 = ALL women
sorry guys, I know its fun to bash Republicans like Elizabeth but she was right. The black people of america won the right to vote after the American Civil war when the 15th Ammendment was ratified in 1870. The 19th Ammendment was not ratified until 1920 for women to get the vote!
Better Luck next time Whoopi!
I love Elizabeth….everyone hates her because she's the only level-headed normal one on there…I'm so tired of idiot liberal people taking over the media…. teach homosexuality to elementary kids, take God out of schools, give birth control to 10 year olds, give welfare to everybody who asks for it, hate on the military…makes me sick. Whoopi IS wrong btw.
Blacks got the write to vote with the passage of the 15th amendment in 1870! Women got the right to vote in 1920 a clear 50 years after!
goldberg doesnt know shit
Re: Shamzy –
Shamzy is an idiot
Nineteenth Amendment August 26, 1920 - Women's Suffrage Victory
1870 the 15th Amendment was ratified, which provided specifically that the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged on the basis of race, color or previous condition of servitude
Blacks had the right a full 50 years before women, jesus people are stupid no wonder people want to change public schools
* actually whoopi is wrong. although, certainly granting someone the right to vote and then actually letting them vote is a separate issue. in any case, voting rights were granted to people of color before they were granted to women.
Fifteenth Amendment (1870): Forbids the federal government and the states from using a citizen's race, color, or previous status as a slave as a qualification for voting.
Nineteenth Amendment (1920): Prohibits the federal government and the states from forbidding any citizen to vote due to their sex.
re: Luucy Fer. Easy bitch. Simple mistake. I realized after I wrote in and corrected it. I do know how to count, why don't you take a pill and relax. Only an f… blog space skank!
Blacks were not granted the full right to vote until 1967…women it was in the 1920's…
Hasslebeck was right.
Whoopi do your homework before you shoot your mouth off on tv. Shame, I really liked you as Guinan when what you said (even though it was written for you) made sense.
So, The View, here's the correct history:
1870 The 15th Amendment is passed. It gives former slaves the right to vote and protects the voting rights of adult male citizens of any race.
1920 The 19th Amendment guarantees women's suffrage.
and even though there was legislation in between, black MEN were still given the right to vote before women.
Blacks were given the right to vote in 1870, after women who were fighting for their right to vote HELPED them achieve that right. As a result, women lost ground in their struggle for rights as U.S. citizens. The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
In this case, however, citizens are still defined as men.
After years of struggle, perserverance, and aiding the cause of the freed slaves, the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on August 18, 1920, stating:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
I am, in no way, a Republican, but Elisabeth is right. I believe she is a graduate of Boston College and deserves a bit more credit than that which she is given by both your website and the public.
A constitutional amendment right after the civil war gave blacks the right to vote–that was never "taken away" just rendered ineffective by racist voting requirements. So technically black men got the right to vote first, and then women in the 19th ad, cir. 1920. But while blacks had had the "right" to vote for years, it was pretty much meaningless until the 1965 voting rights act.
the 14th and 15th amendment to the constitution gave black men the right to vote before women.
lol and liberal sanctimony. You're all up on conservatives when you think they're wrong. But this is the problem with liberals. They don't think. They only believe what MTV, Whoopi, and Perez have to say. This is a classic thread and shows that liberals are stupid AND sanctimonious–whereas the worst that can be said of some conservatives is that they're just stupid (w/o the sanctimony for those of you not following). I'll take simple stupidity over stupidity + sanctimony any day.
too bad elizabeth was right and whoopi was wrong. all these racial comments need to stop, kids.
Re: Lucy Fer – You need to take a fuckin pill bitch. I made a simple mistake, realized right after, and corrected myself. Relax, it is only a blog. For the record, I made a mistake and can change that. You can't change being a wack job who goes off on people.
In 1870 the 15th Amendment was ratified, when said that the vote should not be denied on the basis of race. The Enforcement Act of 1870, which contained criminal penalties for interference with the right to vote, and the Force Act of 1871, which provided for federal election oversight.
As a result, in the former Confederate States, recently-freed slaves registered to vote. Black candidates began for the first time to be elected to state, local and federal offices and to play a meaningful role in their governments.
The extension of the franchise to black citizens was strongly resisted by the Ku Klux Klan, the Knights of the White Camellia, and other terrorist organizations. Two decisions in 1876 by the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of enforcement, which resulted in a climate in which violence could be used to depress black voter turnout and fraud could be used to undo the effect of lawfully cast votes.
Re: Gary – the 14th amendment gave blacks the right to vote, and the 19th gave women the right to vote.
Black men won the right to vote in the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1870. And all women won the right to vote in 1920. PLEASE learn the history of our country!
K WHOOPI GOLDBERG GO HOME
1920 -WOMEN
1870 - BLACK MEN
YOU DONT KNOW EVERYTHING WHOOPI!!
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WHAT A DUMB ASS!!! She's sooo STUPID, I hate that dumb blonde bimbo, I don't understand why she talks, I HATE ELISABETH HASSELBECK! ROSIE ALL THE WAY, I'M A ROSIE FAN!
I am a republican and am loving the liberal posters on this blog…..as usual you are all mindless drones, following what is trendy at the time regardless of any educated thought… Hello! Black men were given the right to vote before woman….you go Elizabeth
Re: you suck – I do know how to count. Mistake. See re: to Lucy Fer for my comments to you. Real classy.
No, you and Whoopie need to go back to school, Perez. The 15th Amendment gave all men over 21 the right to vote (most were disenfranchised but the official right was still there). The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. It was 50 years after African American males got the right to vote. Elizabeth, I hate to say it, is right.
Yeah, you owe Elizabeth an apology and so does Whoopi!
now i'm really pissed. saying you all is "granting" the right to vote? we were all born with this right. however, others didn't recognize that God given right and only He has the authority to grant such a right or take it away, not some dumbass politician or electorate of fools who had a self interest in keeping some folks down so they could break their ass to build this country for no $$. That's the same shit going on in China, make no mistake. This isn't about a text book or technical answer, this is about the truth of the world. Damn, no wonder the free traders, deficit spenders, free lovers, plastic goddamn mtfckers are selling us out. wake up america!
Whoopie owes Elizabeth an apology. Her "OMG…you are so stupid…and I am so superior" attitude made this more attrocious.
For a panel of ALL women to not know when women were given the right to vote is disgusting. Barbara Walters should be ashamed.
How about you change the subject line to read "WHOOPI NEEDS TO GO BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL"? I bet you won't, will you … Absolute b.s.
G.O.P. REPRESENT!
I can't believe that a) not one person on the View could say for sure which was first, and b) it took 28 moronic comments here before someone realized the correct answer.
Idiots.
This whole country.
elizabeth was right loll
mock hasselback all you want, but unlike whoopi, rosie and her ilk, at least she has an education.
like most hollywood idiots, they are pompous and rage-filled, but usually don't base any of their multitude of opinions on fact or logic.
total morons…you included perez.
I am not one to defend Elisabeth Hasselback, but you all are idiots. Including Whoopi. African Americans were granted to right to vote before women. Go back to elementary school history class all of you.
black men were given the right to vote in 1870
Re: Tarita –
OH MY GOD.
I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU SAY BLACKS DID NOT BECOME CITIZENS OF THE U.S. UNTIL 1965, YOU REALLY MEAN THEY DID NOT BECOME CITIZENS UNTIL 1865( AND YOUD STILL BE OFF BY A FEW YEARS..). EVER HEARD OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT? DECLARING AFRICAN AMERICANS CITIZENS OF THE U.S? OBVIOUSLY NOT, AND OBVIOUSLY NOT THE 15TH AMENDMENT WHICH GARAUNTEED VOTING RIGHTS TO BLACKS AS WELL..THE 1960S WAS SIMPLY THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE 15TH AMENDMENT BY OUTLAWING POLL TAXES, LITERACY TESTS, ETC. AND I SERIOUSLY SERIOUSLY SERIOUSLY HOPE YOU ARE NOT BLACK. LEARN YOUR PEOPLE'S HISTORY AND STOP DISRESPECTING YOUR ANCESTORS BY SAYING THEY WEREN'T CITIZENS BEFORE 1965.
Technically, African-Americans were given the right to vote first. However, certain local laws (Jim Crow, etc) kept most, especially in the South, from qualifying.
hasslebeck was correct, black males were allowed to vote first– although the south and their grandfather clauses didn't always help.
Elizabeth was right!!! duh.. maybe she isnt the on that needs to go back to school!!
Black men could vote before white women. None of you fucking retards should ever post on here again if you're that fucking stupid to know your facts. The first few posts are hilarious because oh wait the smart republican was right and the fucking lazy poor good for nothing democrat was wrong.
black men given right to vote in 1870, women could vote in 1920
black men gained the right to vote first as part of reconstruction amendments after the civil war. some individual states soon gave women the right to vote, but the nationally this did not occur until much later.
Um, isn't 1/3 of a vote better than zero vote? (not withstanding both are immoral)
i can see how people like perez hate elizabeth hasselback– they screw with their made up realities. it sucks to have people who know what they're talking about and who are educated argue with your right to be loud, opininonated and WRONG.
go HASSELBACK!
Actually, African Americans had the right to vote before women. Because African Americans were looked upon like dirt and many people treated them like territory the fact that they got the vote before the woman pissed the ladies off. Therefore sending them into social groups, protesting etc. Whoopi needed to intervene and make sure she corrected Elizabeth on the African American history, except that she had no idea what she was talking about and spoke out of her ass.
Ther water is a little murky here but roughly speaking, black males were given the right to vote following the Civil War while women were not empowered to vote in a presidential election in the US as a whole until 1920, although women did vote in the 1892 election. However, black enfranchisement was not enforced in real terms until the Civil Rights Bill was passed by the Kennedy government, in 1964 I think, so there are arguments for and against each view point. I can't believe I am Australian and I know this stuff and Americans do not seem to have any idea!
they gave the black man a right to vote then took it away and let women vote and then granted african americans the right to vote again
ok, for those of you that did not pay attention in history class, black men were given the right to vote before women were, however though they had the right to vote the registration process was made much too difficult for the poorly educated black men to be able to actually vote. So they had the right to vote before women did, but they were treated unfairly and not able to vote due to the racist people that were in charge of voting registration.
15th amendment comes before 19th……
15th no discrimination on race, color, servitude to vote
19th no discrimination on sex to vote
whoopi needs to go back to school perez! print a retraction or you really have no credibility, wait, do you have any?
nononono poor whoopi she needs to go back to school, people of color were able to vote before women. sweaty go learn your own history!
it's amazing how WRONG and IDIGNANT people like whoopi and rosie can be.
they just insist that they know "the truth"! hahaha! typical hollywood liberals who don't know CRAP about our country and only care about getting more than than average american..loser monarchists! screw hollywood and their elite!
Throw them all about. Asians and Jews need to take over the country. We'd be smarter and wealthier.
Re: Shamzy –
Hello?? You're sooo wrong! Women most definitely DID NOT get the right to vote in the 1800's!! Black men got the right to vote and AFTER THAT women did.
COMMENT #671 *ROCKS*!
no whoopi is right, women suffrage was before blacks were granted the right to vote, just learned it in american history.
I hate Elisabeth like any sane person, but people please, check up on your amendments and your Civil War Reconstruction history for crying out loud.
What an ass, African Americans built this land, raised your children and you (white women envy us, you put implants in your flat asses, pump your lips to make them full and beautiful like ours, you tan your skin to be darker, who is the real dumbass) and you have the nerve to make a comment like that. Read a real history book. There is nothing more intimidating than educated African American, keeping trying sweety, maybe one day you'll measure. Then again, it will never happen. How shallow can you be. It's people like you who will continue to hold this country back.
The black man was given the right to vote; however had to pass a test before being able to vote. Women were given the right to vote after black men.
Most of the people who posted are right.. constitutionally, suffrage was granted to people of color following the civil war, while women were unable to vote until the ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920s. however, the sad reality is that due to a variety of sociological issues, people of color were generally unable to vote–or at least do so freely–until the passage of the Voting Rights Act, passed in 1965. Previous posters have correctly written that a number of factors, including poll taxes, registration tests and other requirements significantly inhibited the ability of colored people to vote, until the VRA prohibited these obstacles. Even after that it was difficult for some blacks, particularly in the South, to vote easily. However, it definitely wasn't until 1965 that most blacks were able to vote, despite the post-Civil War Constitutional Amendment that granted them suffrage. It wasn't until 45 years AFTER women were granted the right to vote that blacks could truly say they were granted the same right.
elizabeth needs to stop being scared of those aggressive morons whoopi and joy, neither of them have any education.
she needs to trust her instincts and stop apologizing for being right, just because the rest of those women are violent, hateful witches.
Re: Shamzy – U R a fucking idiot!!! Black men were given the right to vote about 40 years before women. Typical Canadian jackass…
Check the amendments to the Constitution!
Jesus, people, African-Americans were granted the right to vote far before women. Nice try Whoopie with pushing your poor me I'm a black woman agenda.
Perez,
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African American males had the right to vote before women as a whole did.
However, in the South, whites would prevent blacks from voting through poll taxes and fear tactics.
In Florida, Jeb Bush prevented blacks from voting in 2000 through fake voter lists that disenfranchised citizens who had the same last names as a few felons.
In Ohio in 2004, the Republican SOS used caging and fewer voting machines to prevent blacks from voting.
If you go to the evangelical and extreme right wing websites, their stated goal is to take the vote away from women.
Re: costamesaboy – You are sad soul. I'll pray for you. You need it!!!
Elisabeth was correct. Whoopi was wrong. Republicans and democrats aside, you can't change history. Look it up. 15th amendment and then the 19th amendment. Man, america is getting so dumb.
Re: frank – I guess they are both right, and at the same time both wrong. I don't understand how this election will establish if we are more racist or more sexist? Aren't we over race/gender issues? I guess not in all parts of the United States…very sad. The below was taken from wikipedia.org:
The prohibition of voting rights discrimination on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of slavery was first codified by the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1870. Soon after the failure of Reconstruction, southern states found other means besides those enumerated in the Fifteenth Amendment to deny the vote to blacks, through violence, intimidation, via Jim Crow laws that included literacy tests, poll taxes, and also grandfather clauses that permitted otherwise disqualified voters whose grandfathers voted (thus allowing some white illiterates to vote), some with the aim and effect of re-imposing racially motivated restrictions on the voting process that prevented blacks from having political and economic power. Although the Fifteenth Amendment established particular voting rights, and gave Congress the authority to enforce those rights and regulate the voting process, the vote was still allowed to be withheld from most southern blacks and from non-white minorities throughout the U.S., from the post-Reconstruction era through the 1960s.
Re: Shamzy –
Are you stupid? Women did not get the right to vote in the 1800s-go to the library and pick up a History book…
Re: Hayley – Know what your talking about before you put it on paper. African American men were not considered "men" in fact they were considered less than cattle. They were 3/5 of a men if you want to be technical. Get right! What's more no, African American men were not permitted to vote until March 15, 1965, so who is really silly, well, maybe ignorant.
1807 Women lose the right to vote in all states
1830 Most states have abolished property and religious voting tests
1838 Kentucky reintroduces women's suffrage for widows
1855 Blacks can vote in only 5 states
1870 15th Amendment enfranchises black males
1876 Black voters in the South denied participation
1889 Wyoming allows women full voting rights
1915 Grandfather Clause used to disenfranchise black males declared unconstitutional
1920 19th Amendment gives women the right to vote
1924 Indian Citizenship Act provided for suffrage for Native Americans
1944 "White Primary" declared unconstitutional
1961 23rd Amendment gives vote to citizens of Washington, DC
1962 New Mexico was the last state to extend the right to vote to Native Americans
1964 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax for federal elections
1965 Voting Rights Act outlaws literacy tests and sends federal registrars to the South
1971 26th Amendment gives 18-20-year-olds the right to vote
True, while the 15th amendment was ratified(passed) in 1870 and the 19th amendment was passed in 1920, there were many unfair practices in place to prevent black men from voting.
Three popular practices were:
A: The Grandfather clause: you were only allowed to vote if you could prove that your grandfather was a free black man. In 1870 in this country, the chances of that happening were slim to none.
B. Literacy tests: Black men would be given a test to prove they could read prior to being allowed to vote; however, the tests were usually provided in German, French or Spanish.
C. Poll taxes: Black men would have to pay a fee in order to vote.
So while Elizabeth was initially correct in saying that the 15th amendment was ratified long before the 19th, women (while) had little to no problems after Prohibition proving that they, after being granted the right, should.
Um, just another example that the masses (most of you here) just go with the flow and criticize when being told to! Most of you are calling elizabeth names because Perez said she was wrong. Look it up idiots, SHE WAS RIGHT!!! Maybe you should ALL learn the facts before u talk shit.
as a current AP US History student, i can confirm that blacks got he vote much much before women were able to. whoopi was wrong, unfortunately.
there is a difference between having a calm debate about a topic then there is just being a little know it all. I love whoopie but shes a dumb ass Elizabeth was right.
Um… does Perez know nothing about the Civil War?
1870 - 15TH AMENDMENT - black man's right to vote
1920 - 19TH AMENDMENT - women's right to vote
From the comments posted by many of your readers, maybe they are the "morons," "idiots" and "fucking stupid."
Elisabeth was right, blacks gained the right to vote in 1865, women gained the vote in 1920.
how fucking ridiculous! whoopi lost ALMOST all her celebrebility for that dumbass comment. OF COURSE A FUCKING BLACK PERSON WAS ABLE TO VOTE BEFORE A WOMAN! second of all, just because Elisabeth isn't a bleeding heart liberal who doesn't feel the need to give her EARNED MONEY away to everyone on the streets, and just because she doesn't place all responsibility on everyone else's shoulders but her own, doesn't mean she shouldn't be on the show. God, how fucking lame and pathetic would it be to have a panel of FOUR LIBERAL WOMEN. bogus. i love Perez, and although our thoughts may differ at times, i just wanted to put every other douche bag in check who have ignorant, irrelevant comments.
I love how the "ignorant" and "dumbass republicans" had to point out history to the ever so loving and accepting of everyone democrats. I mean after all dont you all just want "world peace"
wow. how could they have possibly gotten that wrong? i actually agree with elizabitch on something. black men, just black men, were allowed to vote before women. and that was only so they could be forced to fight in war. i can't believe women look up to these lot! pathetic!
ps,
to the jackass who asked about either when her husband was going to play, or where?! fuckstick, he's a BACK-UP QUARTERBACK….BACK-UP, yes, that means he's not going to play until the first in line are out…correct, he's pretty worthless, but i'd bet anything that his ass has more talent than your whole family has, and that he's still probably making more $$ than you'll ever see. how does that even pertain to Whoopi's stOOpidity on national television?!
Whoopi was right!!! We just got done studying this. Women had the right to vote first and then they started this convention to get blacks the right to vote. Hasslebeck is WRONGGGG
it doesnt matter if the next president is a woman or a man, back or white, gay or straight, democrat or republican… it only matters what he or she can bring to this country, and i honestly think Denis Kucinich and Ron Paul are those people. look them up.. the media doesnt talk about them AT ALL.. and theres a reason for it.. the reason is not because they're not front runners.. quite the contrary… they have a message that the media will not allowed to be said. LOOK THEM UP! DO RESEARCH AND VOTE ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN OPPINION! becase the media is BOUGHT by the 1% that ownes the rest of this country… DONT believe everything u se on the news…
RON PAUL AND DENNNIS KUCINICH ARE THIS COUNTRYS ONLY HOPE!!!
Re: Truthbetold –
r u f-ing kidding me? this is the united states of america for god's sake. i just dont understand wut would incline u to make a statement like that. god bless u
BLACKS GOT THE VOTE IN 1870. WOMEN GOT THE VOTE IN 1920.
Re: Belle – [re=1320632]Re: You didn't post the rest perez. For everyone who said African Americans men had voting rights before women, that's odd if you’re considered 3/5 of a man (as stated in the constitution). We all need a refresher, regardless of race. Can we get beyond the color and really focus on the character and leadership of the presidential candidates. This is ridiculous. African Americans are good enough to set trends, play sports etc, but not good enough to be president. Give me a break. If you’re looking for an experienced candidate, it is the "experienced" that brought us to the state we are in now-disarray. We have to unite. How can we ask the world to view us as the UNITED STATES of America if we are divided? We have the power, each and every one of us. I believe in everyone, regardless of whether you vote blue or red, just exercise your right to vote and if you don't prepare to deal with the consequences.
OMG TAKE DOWN THIS POST!!! I LEARNED THAT BLACK MEN HAD THE RIGHT TO VOTE BEFORE WOMEN IN 5th Grade, MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE!!! THEY SHOULD HAVE SMARTER PPL ON THE VIEW INSTEAD OF MAKING WOMEN LOOK SOOO STUPID!
XX LOVE U PEREZ
Black men were given the vote with the passage of the 15th Amendment in 1870, but were effectively barred from exercising it by the use of poll taxes and literacy tests. Blacks were finally given full access to the vote in the 1960s with the passage of the 23rd amendment (abolishing poll taxes) and passage of the 1964 Voting Rights Act.
Suffrage for women was just as uneven. It was granted first in the Wyoming territory in 1869, but it was not until 1920 with the passage of the 19th amendment that all women everywhere in the US won the vote.
Re: frank – You are exactly right, Frank. The Woman's vote DID come after. The rest of you are clearly uneducated children from whom the right to type and open your mouth should be taken. For fuck's sake! Look it up on Wikipedia or in any encyclopedia. Elizabeth was, essentially, correct, as Frank pointed out.
Is Whoopi not a woman? Weren't black men FIRST granted the right to vote under the 15th amendment on February 7, 1870? Women were granted their right to vote under the 19th amendment of (enacted August 18,1920). While Black men had this right, women of all color were left fighting for where they stood in terms of their privileges. Sojourner Truth addressed the issue of voting in her 1851 speech "Ain't I A Woman?" So… actually it seems Elizabeth would be correct in this instance.
Re: rdub – Why are you being so mean? Do you need a hug. Whoopi was not wrong!!! A little research never hurt anyone. I hope you enjoy the rest of your evening.
Black men did get the right to vote before women. On a similar note, I just want to point out something that most people are unaware of. The equal rights amendment for women has never passed, even though it was originally introduced in the 1920s and had a revival during the 1970s. That should give us all an inkling about our country's opinon of women.