Why in the world would a woman be against women's suffrage?

"What women anti-suffragists produced to appeal to 'ordinary' women more broadly," McConnaughy adds, "was a logic of suffrage as a threat to femininity ... to the reform potential of women that she believed woman suffrage would bring — through women's integration into the 'corrupt' world of party politics. read more

Against Women Suffrage Because women already have the municipal vote, and are eligible for membership of most local authorities. These bodies deal with questions of housing, education, care of children, workhouses and so forth, all of which are peculiarly within a woman's sphere. read more

There is a difference between being anti-suffragette and being anti-suffrage. Edith Wilson openly cast her own ballot in 1920, so she wasn't against the idea of women casting votes. read more

Many believed that men and women were fundamentally different and that women should not sully themselves in the dirty world of politics. Others argued that most women did not want the vote and that only a few, mostly radical, women would use it. read more