Men shouldn't get to vote, either. Women got the vote about a mere decade after men did, one real full election cycle.
Before that, it was land-owners. You own land, you get a vote, because you're invested in the future of the country. If you aren't smart enough to invest in land (they aren't making it anymore), you're not smart enough to vote. If you're not rich enough to buy it, you're in a situation where your vote is easily bought, not considering the ramifications of the action. There were obvious flaws with this method, but it's not like women had any particularly long time where they couldn't vote but men could universally.
Men shouldn't get to vote, either. Women got the vote about a mere decade after men did, one real full election cycle.
Before that, it was land-owners. You own land, you get a vote, because you're invested in the future of the country. If you aren't smart enough to invest in land (they aren't making it anymore), you're not smart enough to vote. If you're not rich enough to buy it, you're in a situation where your vote is easily bought, not considering the ramifications of the action. There were obvious flaws with this method, but it's not like women had any particularly long time where they couldn't vote but men could universally.
I support this except unironically.
Realistically there were almost no landowing women voting as well, but those who did earned it.