“Never underestimate the power of a woman, says another ad.  But that power was and is underestimated in America.  Or rather, it is only estimated in terms that can be manipulated at the point of purchase.  Woman’s human intelligence and energy do not really figure in.  And yet, they exist, to be used for some [...]

89 years ago today the 19th amendment was passed, granting full voting rights to women in the United States of America.  The struggle for this right was long, beginning in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women’s rights convention held by the suffrage movement.  Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Caty Stanton (among [...]