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    The US constitution was also drafted at a time when women could not (even) vote, IIRC. Commented Aug 30, 2020 at 19:38
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    @Fizz According to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_suffrage_in_the_United_States, women had the right to vote, and did vote, in New Jersey from 1776 to 1807. As far as I can tell no woman was elected to office, but I don't think the 1776 state constitution forbids it. It consistently uses "he" as the singular pronoun, but "person" as a noun; "man" and "male" don't appear in it. Unfortunately the section on voting rights is in the plural ("all inhabitants", not "any person"), so it can't settle the intended interpretation of "he". Commented Aug 31, 2020 at 2:57
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    @Fizz The United States Constitution in its original form left many issues of voting, including whether or not women could vote, up to the states. So, no, you don't remember correctly. Commented Aug 31, 2020 at 4:16
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    The point is it doesn't matter what the founders intended or why New Jersey decided to end women's voting. Women in Congress has set the precedent for President. It's 100 years too late to argue "he means no women" for any federal position. Commented Aug 31, 2020 at 14:24
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    @computercarguy: The Constitution wasn't ratified until 1788, 12 years after the Declaration of Independence, not one year. You're thinking of the Articles of Confederation, which were used as the basis of governance early on, replaced by the Constitution later on. Commented Sep 1, 2020 at 18:26