Who Opposed the 19Th Amendment

Anti-suffragism was a largely Classical Conservative movement that sought to keep the status quo for women and which opposed the idea of giving women equal suffrage rights

What groups opposed women's suffrage?

Others felt that the females would merely echo the vote of their husbands. Others argued that suffragists were “anti-female, anti-family, and anti-American.” Gradually, these opponents of women’s suffrage organized, but it took an overt act by the pro-suffrage forces to prompt that organization.

Did Woodrow Wilson oppose the 19th Amendment?

Although the House of Representatives had approved a 19th constitutional amendment giving women suffrage, the Senate had yet to vote on the measure. Wilson had actually maintained a somewhat lukewarm attitude toward women’s suffrage throughout his first term (1913-1917).