Women have had the right to vote in the United States for less than 100 years, but a quarter of Hawaii women opt not even to register to vote, citing laziness, ignorance and apathy in a recent poll.
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Circa 1917, women march for voting rights with banners that say, “Mothers Prepare the Children for the World,” “Women Need Votes,” and “Suffrage Pioneers.” Photo courtesy of the Kheel Center, Cornell University.
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