“Who opposed Women Suffrage?”
“The main burden of their argument as that women suffrage placed an additional and unbearable burden on women, whose place was at the home” (Flexner 288)
The irony of this comment was that women during these days had slaves to do all the work for them. Leaving women with nothing much to do, but prepare themselves to look pretty for the men and raise children. Most of the women that were in the organizations were women of wealth and high status, they had all housework done for them.
“We are of the opinion that women suffrage can be defeated, although we believe that the liquor interests should not be known as the contending force against this campaign” (Flexner 290) The brewers stated this comment, they believed …show more content…
Fashionable in the dictionary means “conforming to the current styles or trends; stylish.” So when she says fashionable Is she saying this in a sarcastic way since current trends about how women were not seen as popular? I conclude that by saying “fashionable world “she may mean a world of luxury in which she may have dressed and acted a certain way. This particular group of women might have even acted this way in order to attract men to marry. She states that these women lack education, so the only way for them to continue on with life is to find a rich man to marry. They were brainwashed into thinking that this was the way to go. Till this day there are several women who try their best to act sexy and keep their smarts out of the picture in order to achieve a trophy wife look. This letter was written in the 1800’s yet women in the 21st century still have this behavior, they are still told not to worry too much about studies all they have to do is find a man who has a degree and can support them. Although this mentality is vanishing, you can see it most commonly taught to second generation
“The main burden of their argument as that women suffrage placed an additional and unbearable burden on women, whose place was at the home” (Flexner 288)
The irony of this comment was that women during these days had slaves to do all the work for them. Leaving women with nothing much to do, but prepare themselves to look pretty for the men and raise children. Most of the women that were in the organizations were women of wealth and high status, they had all housework done for them.
“We are of the opinion that women suffrage can be defeated, although we believe that the liquor interests should not be known as the contending force against this campaign” (Flexner 290) The brewers stated this comment, they believed …show more content…
Fashionable in the dictionary means “conforming to the current styles or trends; stylish.” So when she says fashionable Is she saying this in a sarcastic way since current trends about how women were not seen as popular? I conclude that by saying “fashionable world “she may mean a world of luxury in which she may have dressed and acted a certain way. This particular group of women might have even acted this way in order to attract men to marry. She states that these women lack education, so the only way for them to continue on with life is to find a rich man to marry. They were brainwashed into thinking that this was the way to go. Till this day there are several women who try their best to act sexy and keep their smarts out of the picture in order to achieve a trophy wife look. This letter was written in the 1800’s yet women in the 21st century still have this behavior, they are still told not to worry too much about studies all they have to do is find a man who has a degree and can support them. Although this mentality is vanishing, you can see it most commonly taught to second generation