The United States gave women the vote because of World War I. President Woodrow Wilson stated, “We have made partners of the women in this war… Shall we admit them only to a partnership of suffering and sacrifice and toil and not to a partnership of privilege and right?” The United States provided supplies and troops to Europe produced by women filling the roles of men deployed to the war front. With Wilson’s active canvassing for support, the amendment for women’s suffrage passed after its third appearance before Congress.
Today, China, India, the United States, and Russia are the top global exporters of wheat. American farmers implement reduced tillage to safeguard the soil against the overuse that contributed to the “Dust Bowl” of the 1930s that displaced 2.5 million people in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. War and climate change are the two greatest challenges to the world food supply.
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