The Birth of the Anti Suffrage Movement
The Anti Suffrage movement began in Massachusetts. It began to pick up speed in terms of organization in the years 1868 to 1869 when a suffrage group brought a petition to the Massachusetts legislature. Anti suffragists petitioned the law makers not to force the vote on women who dod not want it. Their petition was heard and no law was passed. Although women were given school suffrage in 1879, the Antis did not protest because they believed this limited suffrage would not lead to bigger things. However, in 1882, there began an organized movement for women's suffrage, called the Boston Committee of Remonstrance, that anti suffragists publicly opposed. This was the first time they had made their anti suffrage stance public. In response to the further organization of this movement, the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Woman was formed. This committee's purpose was to educate the state about the evils of suffrage. They successfully stopped the suffrage campaign, for the time being, at the elections of November 1895. The success of the campaign encouraged its continuance into the next century. Their campaign continued its strength through the 1915 election, in which 295,939 Massachusetts men voted against women's suffrage as opposed to the 162,492 who approved of it. This was the last success of the MAOFESW, for in 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, giving all American women the right to vote.
Men looking in the headquarters window of the National Association Opposed to Women's Suffrage
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