USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

WOMENS SUFFRAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who founded NAOWS (National Association Opposed to Women Suffrage)?
A
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
B
Alice Paul
C
Josephine Dodge
D
Lucy Burns
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (NAOWS) was a popular anti-suffrage organization founded in New York City by Josephine Jewell Dodge in 1911. She called a meeting of anti-suffragists and began establishing local chapters in other states.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (NAOWS) was the first national organization of women who challenged the fight for women’s suffrage. Several state associations assembled for an anti-suffrage convention in New York City and formed the NAOWS.

Detailed explanation-4: -Josephine Jewell Dodge sponsored the Virginia Day Nursery in New York City, a facility intended to provide child care to working mothers on the Lower East Side. Her program developed in 1888 to become the Jewell Day Nursery, which had a greater educational component.

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