Lest We Forget: Women's Rights in "Modern" History

I wasn't aware of this aspect of our history. Thanks for sharing this.

I love this, Tetris, but I'm dying to see the pics. I can't tell you how gratifying it is to see ya'll using the QTML.

Put the ".pic" at the beginning of the line followed after a space with a unique file name. Pretend this ".pic" is at the beginning of the line. If I do that properly below, QTML will kick in, so I'm going to put a "-" first.

-.pic EgyptianWomen1950

-.pic EyptianWomen2023

-.pic IraqiWomen1970.pic

-.pic IraqiWomen1970.pic

When you hit "preview," you'll get the uploader tab for each of these picture files and you can drag and drop them, or, enter the picture file path.

If you've used that picture file name before and posted that picture (before) it will be in your gallery and Conntects will show it automatically. *.pic tags do not require a closing ..pic tag.

For .link files. Start the .link tag and follow it after a space with the url. On the next line name it. On the last line close the tag with the ..link closing tag.

-.link https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/1/6060/Syria-Once-Upon-A-Time

Once Upon a Time

-..link

I've got to run out and do some farmwork this afternoon, but I'll copy and paste the whole post's QTML for you when I get back. I don't have your picture files, obviously, so you'll see vacation pics on my version or somesuch in their place. All you'll have to do is copy and paste the QTML and then put the correct pictures into the uploader.

I can't wait to see it!!!

P.S. I just noticed that using the "-" makes it so I have to add a line space in some instances otherwise it will wordwrap. What I send you this evening won't have that.

We tend to believe that what our world is like now is similar to what it was in the not too distant past

And yet, what we don't remember CAN actually hurt us.

For example, most women in America had not ever voted in their lifetimes. In contrast, territories like Wyoming and Utah had early voting rights for women in 1869 and 1870. When Congress signed The Edmunds-Tucker Act in 1887, the federal government removed the voting rights of ALL Utahn women. When the federal government took those rights away, women who had been active active voters, used to full participation, they were outraged. They remembered and eventually (in 1896) restores those voting rights. The western US, according to History.com "continued to be the country’s most progressive region on full women’s suffrage. Colorado approved it in 1893, and Idaho did the same three years later. After 1910, they were joined by Washington, California, Arizona, Kansas, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota and the territory of Alaska. (Even before the passage of the 19th Amendment, Montana elected a woman, Jeannette Rankin, to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916.) According to the National Constitution Center, by 1919 there were 15 states in which women had full voting rights, and only two of them were east of the Mississippi River. The dozen states that restricted women from casting ballots in any election were primarily in the South and the East."

I believe this same issue applies to the middle east as well. Few in the US know or remember countries that are now as known for their oppressive and totalitarian regimes were at times much more free and peaceful societies. Do the people of these societies remember?

Egyptian Women 1950

Egyptian Women 2023

Iraqi Women 1970

Iraqi Women 2023

Afghan Women 1958

Afghan Women 2023

Iranian Women 1970

Iranian Women 2023

Syrian Women 1973

Syrain Women 2023

Obviously, although a picture maybe worth a 1000 words, a snapshot is just that and can never express the full range of opportunities and/or limitations being experienced, but remembering that what we experience now is not the way it was or necessarily will be. In the ultimate irony, The U.S. could become the next destabilized country in a long list of failed states, many of which the U.S. may have played a role in destabilizing.

It's tough to compare, but Syria may be the worst. This interning article details the contrast between Syria's complete destabilization from a beautiful hotspot for tourism, to a destroyed war-torn hellhole.

Check out this article in The Citizen to see a modern 1960s Syria Once Upon A Time.

Women in History

Another great article on the women's suffrage issue a bit closer to home. Utah Women's History

Utah Women's Suffrage

Tetris. Forgive me for hijacking your post. I took some minor liberties just so lone links would have some context. A few things I did.

Fixed the .pic tags. If you copy and paste the QTML, you will get the uploader tabs for each and can copy and paste your pics into it. I did add the names under each as a description, but you don't have to include the name/description on the second line if you don't want the it. It isn't a part of the pic tag function.

Fixed the .link tags. They're a little tricky as they need the url on the same line as the opening (.link) tag, then a name on the next line (or description,) and finally a closing ..link tag on the last line. Once you get one right, you'll have it down for the rest of your life.

A couple of spiffier tags I added.

I added .desc with the closing ..desc to a small paragraph I thought was a good description of the overall article. If you post this post/article link on another site, that's the text that will show in the "scrape" on the other site.

I added an "f" to the end of the .pic tag that I thought would make the best "featured picture." This serves the same purpose as the .desc. This pic will be shown on page post links on other sites. In this case it was .pic WomeninHistory f -simple as that.

Anyway, I love your post and look forward to seeing it with the real pics. Thanks so much for your efforts on here. We love it. ----------------Steve

Thanks Chris!

Thank you!! I'll give it a try now. I've been stuck, but it definitely helps to see what it's supposed to look like.

Thanks for reaching out with this tutorial. I laughed out loud at your Egyptian Women 2023 , Iraqi Women 1970 , and Syrian Women 1973 selections. Is it bad that I laughed?

Happy accidents, I'm sure. 😉

HA!!

Sorry I've been gone for a few days. Just finished harvesting beans for the season today.

Thanks for all you do, Chris,

Steve