[hellinahandcart]

How very interesting. Republicans were responsible for passing the 19th? Think I'll bookmark this thread simply to have your post on hand for...for when I'll need it. ;D

Shouldn't the "for adoption" part read "56" though(36 R + 20 D)?

[hellinahandcart]

Sing it loud, people--

REPUBLICANS GAVE WOMEN THE VOTE!

and

ANNA QUINDLEN IS A MORON!

[m1911]

That is odd. I cut and pasted it, it's a typo on the page I got it from. Or else even the NYT archives are biased :).

Unfortunately my research led me to what Ms. Q was probably thinking about when she wrote that. In 1980 the Republicans dropped support for the ERA, pretty much dooming it. I haven't gotten far enough to clear up just why they did that, although I suspect that the SCOTUS decision that the Civil Rights Act could be twisted to mean quotas had something to do with it.