Talk:Igbo Women's War

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I found this article very interesting. However, do I understand correctly that they wanted to be able to hold male positions and, at the same time, exemption from taxes? Seems a bit hypocritical to me. Picaroon 21:52, 21 January 2007(UTC)

I think, though I confess I don't know much about the riots other than what is said in the article, that the women's argument was that they had no political rights yet were expected to pay taxes, much the same as some early 20thC suffragist arguments in Britain. Once women were given a political say, they would pay taxes. Perhaps this point should be clarified by someone who knows more about the protests. --172.202.90.96 15:00, 11 November 2007 (UTC)