This is why it was men who risked life, liberty & their fortune for freedom & signed the Declaration of Independence, fought the Revolutionary War & won, set up an amazing new form of government & never once considered allowing their wives & daughters to make decisions that could impact the future of the country. Otherwise they'd have permitted them to vote. Were they so brilliant in every way & so well studied on world history, the Bible & governance, yet somehow mentally fabricated the dangers of women voting or of allowing them to be in positions of power over men & nations? Somehow I think not.