What obstacle had to be overcome before women earned the right to vote?

the belief that women were not educated enough to vote.

the belief that women would only vote for female candidates.

the belief that women could not hold a job outside the home.

sitting in that one chair where he could get shot at was his worst decision.

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”