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The New York State Anti Suffrage Chapter Summaries

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In New York State in the late 19th century and the early 20th century there was a moment called “The New York State Anti-Suffrage Movement”. This movement has many controversies behind it. This New York State Anti-Suffrage movement was a moment to push for women to be able to vote. Before the ratification of the 19th amendment on August 18, 1920, women were not allowed to vote. This is because women were thought of as not being equal to women. The 19th amendment states that someones right to vote should not be denied based on their gender. I have read “No Votes for Women-The New York State Anti-Suffrage Movement” by Susan Goodier. In this book, Susan Goodier gives insight to what happened behind the scenes and in the public eye during the …show more content…

Susan Goodier says, “Members of the women’s anti-suffrage organization probably did ask for male assistance, but it is very probable they did not expect the men’s anti-suffrage organization to dominate the movement as soon as it would.”(Goodier, No Vote, 80) Susan Goodier also shares poems and parts of speeches in this chapter. At the end of this chapter, we learn the total number of votes cast in 1915. Susan Goodier states “The New York Department of State final count, listed by county, showed a total of 1,304,340 votes cast in sixty-two counties. Of those, 750,956 votes were cast against women suffrage. Only six counties approved woman suffrage: Tompkins and Broome (51 percent), Chemung (52 percent), Schenectady (55 percent), Chautauqua (58 percent), and Cortland (61 percent).”(Goodier, No Vote, 91) This shows that more than half of the state either changed their mind about women suffrage or have always been against women …show more content…

During this time Annie Nathan Meyers was the head of anything that had to do with the antis. Before being able to vote women didn’t dedicate themselves to a specific political party. Susan Goodier says “Many women, then, whether or not they had advocated nonpartisanship for women prior to the Nineteenth Amendment, naturally gravitated to one or the other of the parties after state, and the federal, enfranchisement.” (Goodier, No Vote, 146) After the enfranchisement, most women “…who had actively opposed suffrage adapted to their changed political status and voted”(Goodier, No Vote, 147) After a couple of years of getting people registered to vote women who were Republicans were excited because of the “…Success in registering many new voters from the ranks of women in college, business, industry, and “at home”.”(Goodier, No Vote,

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