LJ Idol - Week 16 - Reinventing the Wheel

[malruniel11]

There's a saying that many people from my generation were introduced to modified as a joke:  If it's not Baroque, don't fix it!  The reality in the hidden wisdom that Cogsworth shared with me has always stuck with me.  If something isn't broken, don't fix it.

Those of us familiar with U.S. History know that in 1920, with the ratification of the

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[java_fiend]

Well in a true measure of equal rights, we have men AND women in government today f**king everything up! lol...

Great piece. The history geek in me actually squeed a bit. :-)

[malruniel11]

You are, of course, right about that!!

Thank you, kind sir. Aww! I got a squee!!

[halfshellvenus]

This was news to me!

And very well expressed, too. :)

[malruniel11]

Thank you! It was a surprise to me as well!

[whipchick]

So interesting - I had no idea!

[malruniel11]

It surprises me how no one I've mentioned it to had a clue about it. I didn't know either. It makes me wonder why we weren't taught it in school.

[xo_kizzy_xo]

I had absolutely no idea of this either, and I consider myself a kind of history geek!

[malruniel11]

It still boggles me. I'm a major trivia person, but this was a shock!

[sarcasmoqueen]

I had no idea that the right to vote in the US was reinstated for women, not won. Very interesting...

[malruniel11]

It sheds a whole new light, doesn't it? And makes you wonder what else we've been taught wrong.