Again: the agitation of the suffragettes might be the reason that men voted for 19A, but without men voting to introduce and ratify 19A, no amount of agitation would have been sufficient. Outright terrorism wouldn’t have worked, without men choosing to vote for 19A. The only other way women would have gotten the right to vote was by using sufficient levels of violence to overthrow the state governments.
That’s the fundamental reason that minority groups–non-white people, LGBTQ+ people, etc.–NEED allies. Unless the majority is willing to vote to give full rights to minorities, unless there’s a sea-change in public opinion, you simply don’t see minorities being given rights equal to the majority.
Again: the agitation of the suffragettes might be the reason that men voted for 19A, but without men voting to introduce and ratify 19A, no amount of agitation would have been sufficient. Outright terrorism wouldn’t have worked, without men choosing to vote for 19A. The only other way women would have gotten the right to vote was by using sufficient levels of violence to overthrow the state governments.
That’s the fundamental reason that minority groups–non-white people, LGBTQ+ people, etc.–NEED allies. Unless the majority is willing to vote to give full rights to minorities, unless there’s a sea-change in public opinion, you simply don’t see minorities being given rights equal to the majority.