7. Annotated Bibliography

Massachusetts Women. Anti-Suffrage Essays. Boston, MA: Forum Publications of Boston, 1916.

This collection of essays is a really fascinating find that I highly encourage anyone to review. Within these essays we see each author first preface her declaration with a list of her accomplishments and community service. This was done intentionally to prove that those who were against the Suffrage Movement were not weak and feeble minded, but rather highly educated and involved in their civic duties. These essays alone fly in the face of the propaganda-inspired historical recounts of the Anti-Suffrage Movement.

National Association Opposed To Woman Suffrage. Some reasons why we oppose votes for women ... National association opposed to woman suffrage. New York City. New York, 1894. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.1300130c/.

This primary source is a single page statement that outlines the reasons why the National Association Opposed To Woman Suffrage are against women’s enfranchisement. Their arguments are logical, rational, and well-thought out without necessarily being condemning of their opposition.

Thurner, Manuela. "Better Citizens Without the Ballot": American AntiSuffrage Women and Their Rationale During the Progressive Era." Journal of Women's History 5, no. 1 (1993): 33-60. https://muse.jhu.edu/ (accessed April 28, 2019).

This article is what inspired my entire research paper as I, too, once believed the propaganda in ignorance of knowing who these women were who opposed female enfranchisement. Manuela Thurner does an excellent job at pointing out the fallacies that are wrapped up in the historic narrative surrounding the Anti-Suffrage Movement.