Title: why were women not allowed to vote? | Yahoo Answers
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why were women not allowed to vote?
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Content: Many men probably didn't think women were smart enough to get involved, but most simply thought it wasn't the place for dainty women to get involved (their views, not mine). New Jersey actually did allow women to vote for a time after the Revolution, and most western states allowed it before the 19th amendment was passed. It wasn't a federal ban, usually a state one. I didn't think about it, but Feresthe's comments about men's views on women's emotions was also true. ...Show more
Source (s): several teachers in history classes at college-including one who was a pretty outspoken feminist, so if she said it I think it has some credibility
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1 decade ago
Unlike what some others have said, it wasn't the lack of land that made it so that women couldn't vote. Yes, there was a brief time in American history (as well as British) that only land holders could vote.