Problems women faced in voting
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what was strong?
Older attitudes - followed husbands or family voting preferences
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why was registration not easy?
Married women had to re-register, rather than have their husbands vote for them
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what made registering more challenging?
Children (childcare)
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what was only in a minority of States by 1940?
Women’s committees created by parties
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what were there problems of?
Problems taking office - by 1945 there were only 234 women in legislatures
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20 years after the amendment, what were there?
Only 2 female governors of state, both standing in for their husbands
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What could African Americans in the South do in theory?
Could vote in theory but not in practice
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