Six Basic American Values Archives – Vintage American Ways

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This is a description of Granny Rhoda, a remarkable frontier woman who could do anything from shearing a sheep to scaring off bears and multi-tasking while rocking her baby in the cradle.
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In 1914, the former Director of the Census seeks to answer the question, “How many voters are there in the United States?” He explains that because individual states have the right to determine what the qualifications are for a person to vote in their state, it is almost impossible to know for certain. In some states foreigners who are not yet citizens are allowed to vote, while there are voter suppression laws facilitated by the “grandfather clause” in the South.
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