Though no one muttered "Yes, but would you want your sister to marry one?", delegates to the League of Women Voters' national convention had some second thoughts last week before finally deciding, 969 to 433, to admit—of all creatures—men as full participants. The 155,000-member league, formed in 1920 to educate women about issues, candidates and their own newly won franchise, has about 1,000 male associate members who could neither vote on policy nor hold office. Granting men full rights struck some women delegates all wrong. After all, they pointed out, the feminist Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution has yet...
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