Susan B Anthony B-day &the Racism of the US Suffragettes

[Maeve]

1. The racism was more profound on the Anti-suffrage side

One of the arguments they used was that if women get the vote, BLACK women get the vote. And the next thing you know, Washington will be trying to put an end to the suppression of the vote of black MEN---and we can't have that! (pulling this from "The Woman's Hour" by Elaine Weiss, also from 2018 btw and a fascinating book)

Not defending the racism, just noting the context of the times. Doing a little study on the progressive era and the fight for voting rights for a program I'm involved with...the road to making the ideals of the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution reality is on-going and messy. Thanks for bringing this here.