Re: American Attitudes

[Julia Thompson]

On Thu, 24 May 2001, K.Feete wrote:

> Second, I know perfectly well that America has many accomplishments to
> be proud of. There's women's sufferage, for example- I believe we were
> the first to give women the vote, which I am far more proud of than
> all the trinkets and moon-landings you list.

This may be true of some US states, but women over 30 were given the right
to vote in Britain in 1918, while the 19th Amendment here wasn't ratified
until 1920.

        Julia