Twitter / X advised RantWoman that today is Orange Shirt Day, in remembrance of all the horrors of Indian schools.
September 30 is also International Translators and Interpreters Day.
RantWoman is wearing an orange shirt and honoring both occasions as follows.
Special shout out to all interpreters everywhere who have risked their lives for the US.
Triple Shout-out when the US government was simultaneously suppressing indigenous languages in Indian schools and relying on Native American interpreters.
Blessings all.
Pray for this country. Start there.
Go out and touch grass.
The big tech companies are profitting off of... Don't let them.
RantWoman first heard simply that Charlie Kirk had been shot in the neck. RantWoman is not a doctor, but that DID NOT SOUND GOOD.
Next, RantWoman heard THE PRESIDENT announce that Charlie Kirk had died. RantWoman's reflex about anything President #StableGenius says is "if the President says water is wet, demand independent confirmation." Independent confirmation came soon enough.
RantWoman here notes without endorsement several strands of commentary spiced with RantWoman reactions.
"who's that?"
Oh, you lucky age group peers.
Charlie Kirk shooting: Why kill him? | About That
The Canadians set the backgroun.
"It's okay to be relieved if someone actively doing harm can no longer harm anyone."
Heartfelt prayers to Charlie Kirk's wife and children AND ALSO TO ALL THE FAMILIES LEFT FATHERLESS by the current deport-a-rama.
"Say what you will. Charlie lived by his principles."
so liv by the sword? Die by the sward?
Various flavors of whataboutism related to recent assassinations in MN. Why didn't the President fly flags at half-staff for the murders in MN?
Oh come on. President #BoneSpurs couldn't even allow the flags to fly half staff during his inauguration while the country was mourning President Jimmy Carter. Plus, those poor benighted Democrats never raised even a fraction of the money Charlie Kirk raised for Trump.
Retired FBI agent Frank Figlizzi: the shooter was good but an FBI sharpshooter would have aimed slightly differently.
Now Blind former trauma care nurse, echoing what RantWoman already thought, "DON'T look at the video.
"Lock down your accounts because if you say ANYTHING about this supposed apostle of free speech you WILL GET DOXED," with no thanks to MSNBC for firing a key person for saying out loud some of what there is to be said about Charlie Kirk.
Charlie Kirk Shooter Exposes MAJOR Problem
Perhaps something to young men who never fully extracted themselves from internet rabbit holes after the pandemic. Ask a teenager about mobility during the pandemic
RantWoman actually also thought of a comment from an elderly woman on the streets of Moscow after the assassination of Alexie Navalny: "I am sorry for the young people."
And can we elevate the voices of AOC, Jared Moskowitz, Maxwell Frost...?
Charlie Kirk Suspect Came From Inside The House
Reese Waters presents the Groiper themes.
Know you are and stand on it. Don't feed....
Charlie Kirk Suspect was "Extremely Online" | Pivot
The UK will use 30 people to gun violence in a year. The US loses 120 / month.
Charlie Kirk Suspect’s Grandma Says Family Is All MAGA
Utah Governor makes outrageous statementsat press conference for Charlie Kirk suspect.
"I was praying for 33 hours that this would not be one of us."
ACTUALLY, RantWoman interprets the dad turning in his own kid as a sign of some level of sanity.
Interesting Charlie Kirk comments.
Charlie Kirk’s Death Exposed the Biggest Scam in History
🚨Kirk Shooting Scandal WIDENS As Newsweek Drops BOMB
Feud between Charlie Kirk and Nick Fuentes?
Assassination of an Ass | BREAKING NEWS Armageddon Update
Donald Trump Is Over Charlie Kirk and Was It A.I. Or Are Our Eyes Playing Tricks On Us!!
The famous ballroom construction quote.
FBI Drops BOMB About Charlie Kirk SHOOTER’S ROOMMATE🚨
quoted verbatim from Johan Maurer
Can you believe?: Fiercely inspirational a blog always full of stimulating reading that RantWoman does not always get to, as well as a YouTube music clip or two.
Mark Russ and Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre team up for a six-session online course: Whose Friends are we? Mark explains on his blog: "Emerging from my PhD research on Quaker theology and Whiteness, I’ve developed an online course for Woodbrooke reflecting on what it might mean for Quakers to be friends of God, Christ and each other in the 21st century." Mondays, October 13 to November 17. More details here.
Discipline and Punish: Kristin Du Mez assesses James Dobson's legacy.
Cherice Bock explains the background of the chapter she wrote with Catalina Morales Bahena for the new book Hungry for Hope: Letters to the Church from Young Adults, due to be published today. Their chapter is entitled, “Reclaiming ‘Enough’: Away from Scarcity Toward True Abundance.” For more on the book, visit hungryforhopebook.com.
Abolitionism and compromise, a Jay family/Indiana Yearly Meeting case study. (Thanks to Martin Kelley for the link.)
John Kinney at Spokane Friends, speaking on contemplative prayer:
Long ago when RantWoman could officially see, one of her favorite grad school nerd activities was to go and graze intellectually among a wide range of publications in the periodicals room at the library.
Now RantWoman sometimes relies on her eclectic Twitter /X entourage to cull nuggets. Here, thanks to one of RantWoma's X followers, RantWoman offers a concise though still divisive commentary about the school shootings at the church in Minneapolis.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/08/in-defense-of-prayer/
"When people pray, they can find strength in the face of helplessness, wisdom at a time when nothing makes any sense, and comfort when the soul is being drawn into the abyss of grief."
Where is there room for RAGE?
Many in RantWoman's social media streams point out that #ThoughtsAndPrayers don't matter a lot if children were in fact PRAYING. That and the alleged shooter's writings of course also make the crime even more horrific.
RantWoman's perspective: OF COURSE people should pray with everyone mourning a death or sitting along the bedside of the gravely injured and the gravely injured themselves. OF COURSE. No-brainer for anyone who prays at all.
The point is not "Don't pray." The point is not "Stop praying." The point to RantWoman is like God slapping some Old Testament prophet up side of the head with a message like "I have given you ways to stop the slaughter and yet you refuse... and instead worship at the holy altar of political contributions.
As long as RantWoman is providing Dial-a-Tirade services though, RantWoman is going to wade into the other trope that happens every time a transgender person perpetrates a mass shooting: there are social media torrents about how all "transgenders" are mentally ill and presumably prone to mass shootings.
RantWoman emphatically begs to differ.
Can no one say "Religiously themed transphobia sometimes drives people to mass murder?"
Can no one say "a tiny percentage of transgender people commit mass shootings?"
Can no one say "Mass shootings committed by transgender people are a TINY percentage of all the mass shootings that happen in the US every year?"
Can no one say "IT'S STILL THE GUNS?".
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🚨 Emergency Protest for Zahid Chaudhry 🚨
Decorated U.S. veteran, father, husband, & WA CAN member-leader Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry has been unjustly detained at NWDC. His family is suffering, and our community refuses to stay silent.
📍 Northwest Detention Center, 1623 E J St, Tacoma
🗓 Sunday @ 2PM
Join WashingtonCAN, Veterans For Peace, Seattle Anti-War Coalition, Massage Parlor Outreach Project, International Migrant Alliance - Seattle, NIDAL, Puget Sound Sage, Tanggol Migrante Movement, End the WA-DOC Pipeline, One America, AN-NISA Network, Bil-Yad Seattle, ACRS, Khmer Anti-Deportation Advocacy Group, Southend Indivisible, North Seattle Progressives, King County Democrats, ICHRP, CAIR, WA for Peace and Justice, Backbone Campaign, Working WA, Mennonite Action - WA, MCAS (Muslims for Community Action and Support), SUPER (Students United for Palestinian Equality & Return), Seattle DSA, La Alianza, & more to demand Zahid's IMMEDIATE release.
This protest will include speakers from the organizations listed as well as individuals who have worked alongside Zahid and his family. Zahid is a true beacon of hope for our community and an incredible light during these dark times. We are beyond appalled by his kidnapping, and need to act NOW! Bring your voice, your presence, and your power. Together, we'll show that our communities stand with Zahid, Melissa, and their family.
From his wife, Melissa Chaudhry:
“ICE has stolen a beloved husband, a fiercely tender father, and a passionately patriotic American. We are all the poorer for it. My family will suffer every day he is apart from us… Zahid always stood up for the underdog. He always fought for the goodness of our communities. We who know that liberty and justice for all must mean ALL – we know Zahid as the hero we all need… ICE must release this decorated, disabled American veteran – return the heart of my family – and show the world that America still stands for justice and peace.”
✊ RSVP now & stand with Zahid's family
Please email RashellLisowski@washingtoncan.org or text (206) 581-3290 to join the growing list of community organizations and groups engaging and sponsoring this event. Or with any questions about the event.
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NEW: ICE detained Zahid Chaudhry a disabled veteran, the father of two U.S. citizens and husband To Pro-Palestine political candidate at his aaturalization interview today. https://t.co/mGkOMAcnwW
— Hannah Krieg (@hannahkrieg) August 21, 2025
The entire State Dept office of multilateral nuclear affairs was dismissed last week, Alexandra Bell tells @CFR_org.
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) July 21, 2025
“These were people responsible for efforts to ban explosive nuclear testing, the production of weapons grade material, people working on nuclear disarmament…
Bad Friend Version of Interest Group Description for NPYM Annual Session
In-person only.
Are you peeved, annoyed, terrified...by the 2025 timeline. May I recommend HISTORY?
Come One. Come all. for a romp through many western states' path to full women's suffrage, statehood, full recognition of native rights...
Thank you, Professor Google and the AI that kept trying to poke in. No thank you ChatGPT
Content Warning.
There will be racism.
There will be sexism.
There will be peculiar homage to Rep. Lauren Boebert, R CO and to settler colonialism.
There will be slavery / enslavement. There will be pressure to move away from slavery.
There will be civil war. and testy relationships between the federal government and territories / states
There will be times of great progress, times of backlash or backsliding. There will be relentless campaigns.
There will be multiple state and federal constitutional amendments.
There will be polygamy and holy, expedient revelation..
Probably there are transgender people but for this period in history, don't try to find them via Google.
Toward the end there may be reflections on modern voting rights and voter suppression, voter registration, how much difference even a few votes can make.
Never Give up!
With that, THE OUTLINE
Women’s
Suffrage in Western States
Thank you,
partly, to Lauren Boebert for the original nudge to look into this topic.
My
family’s history as homesteaders
Jeanette
Rankin
"The
right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged
by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
After decades of arguments for and against women's suffrage, Congress finally
passed the 19th Amendment in June 1919. At least 36 states still needed to vote
in favor of it for it to be added to the Constitution and become law. This
process is called ratification. In August of 1920, 36 states ratified the 19th
Amendment, ensuring that the right to vote could not be denied based on sex.
Below is
an alphabetical list state by state of when a number of Western States became
states, when women attained full suffrage and a lot of bumps along the way.
Research
credit to Professor Google and two search strings
[name of
state] statehood
[name of
state] womens suffrage
This
approach yielded bundles of fascinating information, and this talk is barely
going to skim the stories.
Alaska
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Year of Statehood |
Key Women’s Suffrage dates |
Narrative |
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1959 |
March 13, 1913 First session of AK legislature For non-native women! |
Until 1924, Federal law held that natives were not
citizens.
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Arizona
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Year of Statehood |
Key Women’s Suffrage dates |
Narrative |
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February 14, 1912 |
1891 Voted down in first drafting of the State Constition
1912
Vote secured by initiative |
Part of Arizona and New Mexico claimed by the
Confederacy but the Confederacy never controlled Original state constitution has a provision about recalling judges that was removed to
speed approval of statehood Arizona's Five C's are: Copper, Cattle, Cotton,
Citrus and Climate. In the early years of the state, the five C's served an
important role in the economy,
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California
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Year of Statehood |
Key Women’s Suffrage dates |
Narrative |
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September 9. 1850 |
Loss 1896 Women’s suffrage act 1911 State legilslaure |
Compromise of 1850 Gold Rush |
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Colorado
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Year of Statehood |
Key Women’s Suffrage dates |
Narrative |
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August 1, 1876 |
1876 failed effort
1893 by popular referendum which did not exclude
women of color |
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Hawaii
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Year of Statehood |
Key Women’s Suffrage dates |
Narrative |
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Augst 1, 1959 |
19th Amendment in 1919 |
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Idaho
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Year of Statehood |
Key Women’s Suffrage dates |
Narrative |
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July 3, 1890 |
1896 by constitutional amendment |
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Montana
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Year of Statehood |
Key Women’s Suffrage dates |
Narrative |
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November 8, 1889 |
November 3, 1914 By Constituional amendment with 53% of men voting in
favor. |
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Nevada
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Year of Statehood |
Key Women’s Suffrage dates |
Narrative |
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October 31, 1864
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State Constituional amendment 1914, Ratified 19th Amendment in 1920. |
With Virginia, second state admitted during the
civil war |
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New
Mexico
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Year of Statehood |
Key Women’s Suffrage dates |
Narrative |
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New
Mexico
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Year of Statehood |
Key Women’s Suffrage dates |
Narrative |
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January 6, 1912 |
Had right to vote when a terrirtry Ratified 19th Amendment in 1919
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(Genizero) |
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Oregon
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Year of Statehood |
Key Women’s Suffrage dates |
Narrative |
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February 1859 |
Campaigns from 1870 to 1912 |
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Utah
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Year of Statehood |
Key Women’s Suffrage dates |
Narrative |
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US territory 1850 only white men could vote
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Equal suffrage law 1870
1871-1887 disenfranchisement 18871896
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Lost vote when federal anti polygamy act took away
rights of all women to vote.
After 1890 LDS church ended recognition of polygame
and UT as invited to join the Union. |
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Mormon
church and polygamy
Washington
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Year of Statehood |
Key Women’s Suffrage dates |
Narrative |
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November 11. 1889 |
1870-1912 campaigns |
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The History of Voting and Elections
in Washington State
Wyoming
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Year of Statehood |
Key Women’s Suffrage dates |
Narrative |
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July 10, 1890 |
WY territory legislature granted women the right to
vote 1869
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