At one time, Prohibition was the Law!
.....and only white male property owners could vote
it is my understanding that only property owners had a right to vote and could delegate that responsibility to a household member if they so chose to (could be a woman, a kid, etc...). Women’s suffrage was a farce from the standpoint of it being about a woman’s right to vote - they always could, they just had to be a landowner themselves or have the duty delegated to them by a landowner.