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Among the founding fathers, there was no controversy or debate on the definition of a voter as male.
The United States Constitution embodied the patriarchal assumption shaped by the entire society, that
women could not participate in government. It was felt necessary by the founders to define the status
of indentured servants, slaves, and American Indians in regard to voting rights, but there was no need
felt even to mention, much less to explain or justify, that while women were to be counted among "the
whole number of free persons" in each state for purposes of representation, they had no right to vote
or to be elected to public office. The issue of civil and political status of women never entered the debate.
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