American Suffrage Movement

Part of the Pamphlet Containing Arguments
Against the Suffrage Movement

One of the arguments against the Women's Suffrage Movement in the US comes from a pamphlet that listed a few arguments against the movement. One of them is that "BECAUSE 80% of the women eligible to vote are married and can only double or annul their husband's votes" (theatlantic.com). This argument doesn't make very much sense logically. The way that these people are thinking is that a woman can only be though of as part of her husband, and not independently. They're logic is that the woman's vote will either just repeat her husbands or cancel it out, when in reality is what essentially happens anyways whether women vote or not.

One of the arguments for the movement was written by Alice Stone Blackwell. It said that it is fair for the people who are affected by laws and taxes to have a voice in the making and using of them (loc.gov). I think this argument is one of the most understandable and persuasive because it makes a lot of sense and is hard to counter. I think it would have been difficult for people to come up with arguments against this one, making it effective.

Sources:
https://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2012/11/vote-no-on-womens-suffrage-bizarre-reasons-for-not-letting-women-vote/264639/
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/suffrage/whyvote.html