Anti-suffrage
Constitutional amendments
Pruyn, Anna Parker (Mrs. J.V.L.)
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)]]>

[Albany, N.Y.] : Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York]]>
Massachusetts. General Court. Committee on Woman Suffrage.
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several years later to counter a petition for woman suffrage.

She argued that women did not need the right to vote because they would exercise more power by staying out of politics, and influencing men with their understanding of the communities in which they live. ]]>
Lothrop, Thornton Kirkland, 1830-1913
Massachusetts. General Court. Committee on Woman Suffrage.]]>
Anti-suffrage
Caricatures and cartoons--Periodicals
Husband and wife
Lowell, Orson, 1871-1956
Magazine illustration
Parades
Processions]]>

Orson Lowell was an American artist and illustrator, who became known as a social critic and commentator. ]]>
Women --Suffrage]]> Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women
Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of Massachusetts
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Anti-suffrage]]> http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/2575017]]> Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women
Saunders, Charles R.
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts]]>
Anti-suffrage
Constitutional amendments
Pruyn, Anna Parker (Mrs. J.V.L.)
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)]]>
Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)]]>
Gender role
Social role
Women --Legal status, laws, etc.
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Charlotte McKay, a Civil War nurse, addresses several reasons against granting the right to vote to women, chief among them that it would put the safety of the republic in jeopardy due to an "increase of the intelligent and incompetent vote."

She also discusses the issue that granting the right to vote would be outside of woman's appropriate sphere and place an added burden to their daily responsibilities.]]>