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Old 08-28-2008, 10:06 AM   #8
Nikki+2
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Originally Posted by simonandhallie View Post
I used this as a trivia question in my class yesterday morning! I had 32 sophomore engineering students (all men) and not 1 of them had any idea that women could never vote

Needless to say they got their women's history lesson from me! I told them they could go tell their girlfriends and use it to their advantage by sounding smart

OMG that is unbelievable! I understand not knowing the date- even the year, but to not know that women didn't have the right to vote? It wasn't even that long ago how is that possible. I know Americans are typically not that great with American history but that is really sad.
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