凯丽．伯恩罕 (Carrie Burnham) 争取投票权：1873年4月4日

你能想想你到了18岁还不能投票吗？在19世纪时，身为老师与物理学家的凯丽．伯恩罕 (后来改姓为基尔葛尔，Gilgore) 只因为女性的身份，而无法享有投票权。伯恩罕在1873年4月4日针对这个问题向宾州最高法院提出诉讼，她提出一个简单的问题：美国宪法与宾州州宪法有无赋予女性公民投票的权利？她告诉法庭她相信妇女也应该拥有这样权利，并且提出了相当完整且具体的陈述内容来支持她的论点。在那之前，伯恩罕其实已经为了这项议题抗议了很多年了。


Can you imagine not being allowed to vote once you reach eighteen years of age? Because she was a woman in the 19th century, teacher and physician Carrie S. Burnham (later Kilgore) was denied that right. Burnham took her argument to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on April 4, 1873, asking this simple question: "Have women citizens the right of suffrage (to vote) under the Constitution of the United States and of this particular State of Pennsylvania?" She told the court that she believed a woman should have that right and presented a thoughtful case to support her argument. By this time, Burnham's protest had been going on for several years.

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