Anti-Suffragists
Multiple articles were published poking fun at the idea of women entering the "masculine" world of politics and the workforce. An article by Miles O' Reilly called "Brains, Bonnets, Babies, and Ballots" talked about how women should be taking care of their children instead of fighting for suffrage. Another article had the same message, asking "Has
the right to vote made enfranchised women club-mad and neglectful of homes and children? Are they alienating their husbands?". |
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"How funny it would sound in the newspapers to report that a female lecturer in the middle of a speech or a doctor in the middle of an examination suddenly had to halt what she was doing-and leave to have a baby?" - New York Herald, 1852