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Ancient and modern

Don’t damn the ancients for failing to give women the vote

6 January 2018

9:00 AM

6 January 2018

9:00 AM

This year will be the 100th anniversary of some women over the age of 30 getting the vote, and for the first time all men over the age of 21. One can confidently expect an avalanche of articles about increasing women’s power, with the usual sanctimonious finger-wagging at ancient Athenians, who empowered citizen males in the direct democracy they invented 2,500 years ago, but not females.

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