USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anti-suffragism was a political movement composed of both men and women that began in the late 19th century in order to campaign against women’s suffrage in countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -They battled racism, economic oppression and sexual violence-along with the law that made married women little more than property of their husbands. Voting wasn’t their only goal, or even their main one.

Detailed explanation-3: -The National Association Opposed to Women Suffrage opposed women’s right to vote because they said that the majority of women did not want the right to vote, and because they believed that the men in their lives accurately represented the political will of women around the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the most important anti-suffragist activists was Josephine Jewell Dodge, a founder and president of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage. She came from a wealthy and influential New England family; her father, Marshall Jewell, served as a governor of Connecticut and U.S. postmaster general.