dogged_and_determined unhinged 'from the time of their first bitter referendum defeat in kansas in 1867 to this moment in nashville in 1920, the suffragists undertook 480 petition and lobbying drives to get state legislatures to submit suffrage amendments to voters; 277 campaigns to get state party conventions to include woman suffrage planks in their platforms; and 56 state referendum campaigns, trying to convince male voters to grant them the vote. most of these campaigns were unsuccessful, and nineteen sessions of congress rebuffed their efforts for a federal amendment. but always, the suffs tried again.' - elaine weiss 180422 what's it to you? who go blather from