This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us. “Suffrage is not a right. It is a privilege that may or may not be granted. Politics is no place for a woman, consequently the privilege should not be granted to her.” So wrote California State Sen. J.B. Sanford in June 1911, objecting to the proposal that the state Constitution should be amended to allow women to vote. By a slim margin, California voters rejected his arguments and approved women’s su...