Women Against the Vote: Anti-Suffragists in Massachusetts
March 12, 2009
Aliza Saivetz director, education, Old South Meeting House
Kathleen Barker coordinator, education, Massachusetts Historical Society
Jayne Gordon director, education and public programs, Massachusetts Historical Society

Aliza Saivetz of Old South Meeting House, and Jayne Gordon and Kathleen Barker of the Massachusetts Historical Society explore women's participation in the anti-suffrage movement.

Rallying around the cries of true womanhood, common decency, and the responsibilities of motherhood, some women were vocal opponents of female suffrage in the country. While it may seem counterintuitive to us today, some women were at the forefront of the anti-suffrage movement.

This lecture is part of "March to the Polls: Massachusetts and the Woman Suffrage Movement", a collaboration between Old South Meeting House and The Massachusetts Historical Society.

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