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These men were lined up, looking in to the office of women who were opposing their possible right to vote. This image is a great example of how these women, who would have preferred to stay home, had to step into the public sphere to make their thoughts known. #women #suffrage #antisuffrage

Alice Hay Wadsworth was an anti-suffrage leader during the early 20th Century. The daughter of the 37th Secretary of state and married to a NY senator, she felt strongly that government was a “man’s job.” #women #suffrage #antisuffrage #activist

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