THE GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OPPOSED TO WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE This document uses the term "negro" to refer to Black people, which was commonly accepted in that era, but is outdated and inappropriate today.īECAUSE the women of Georgia do not want the vote.īECAUSE under equal suffrage election expenses show increase of 20 per cent.- consequent increased taxation.īECAUSE universal suffrage wipes out the disfranchisement of the negro by State Law.īECAUSE of the danger to farmers' families if negro men vote in addition to 2,000,000 negro women.īECAUSE farm lands would depreciate under universal suffrage.īECAUSE the South has been notified that Federal authorities will supervise elections.īECAUSE White Supremacy must be maintained. Included with this postcard is a letter from the Georgia Association Opposed to Woman's Suffrage explaining that "the majority of our southern women are opposed to Woman Suffrage" because "We are sure our southern men grant us all priveleges and rights we should have and do not want to add a million negro women to the electorate." Also included is an article written by Caroline Patterson, President of the Georgia Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage and author of the enclosed letter, entitled "The Places Assigned to Men and Women." Reasons for opposition, including "Because White Supremacy must be maintained," are outlined in this card, sent from members of the Georgia Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage to the 64th Congress. In southern states, anti-suffragists resisted enfranchising women because they did not want Black women to vote. Many groups grew out of fears about women’s collective political power as a voting bloc.
As the women's suffrage movement grew in the early 20th century, varying motives in different regions of the country fueled an organized anti-suffrage movement.