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opposition to women's suffrage
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At the risk of minimizing the efforts, sacrifices, struggles, and triumphs of the women suffragists, a question arises. Why did some women fight against their right to vote? The antisuffragists succeeded in making voting seem unimportant to the majority of women by urging women not to vote in municipal elections. It makes sense that lack of a vote would hold more water for their cause than even a vote for their cause. It appears different answers can range from reasonable to profoundly absurd. Mary Wilson Thompson (1866-1947) was an anti-suffragist with a reasonable platform. She believed that women could do a lot more good and exert much more influence if they distanced themselves from direct political dealings. She believed that women made better lobbyists than voters. She held the position that would who could not vote were unlikely to be suspected of having ulterior motives when lobbying political leaders. She stated that a woman who would openly oppose her husband’s opinion would have a detrimental effect on her family. It would undermine men’s inherent superiority. Another female anti-suffragist, Emily B. Bissell (1861-1948) simply believed that women would gain nothing by gaining the vote. She maintained the woman suffrage was not necessary. In her mind, women were treated fairly. She didn’t seem to have very strong opinions about suffrage. Her view leaned to the idea that it’s just not worth fighting for the right to vote.
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