The 19th Amendment was passed seventy-two years after the Seneca Falls Convention. This fact demonstrates the strong opposition that women’s suffrage faced. In this lesson, students study a speech and anti-suffrage literature to explore the reasons why so many Americans, including many women, opposed women's suffrage.
![Image: Anti-suffragist political cartoon made by W.E. Hill in 1910. From the Library of Congress.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_image/public/lessons/2017-11/Anti-Suffrage.jpg?itok=8f2LLkBP)
Image: Anti-suffragist political cartoon made by W.E. Hill in 1910. From the Library of Congress.