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The Anti-Sixteenth Amendment Society was an American
The Anti-Sixteenth Amendment Society was an American anti-suffrage
Anti-suffragism was a political movement composed of both men and women that began in the late 19th century in order to campaign against women's suffrage in countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. To ...
group in the late nineteenth century. It was formed in 1869. Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren was the leader and other prominent women were involved. Members of the group opposed giving women the right to vote and petitioned the United States Congress
The United States Congress is the legislature, legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, including a Lower house, lower body, the United States House of Representatives, ...
against women's suffrage
Women's suffrage is the women's rights, right of women to Suffrage, vote in elections. Several instances occurred in recent centuries where women were selectively given, then stripped of, the right to vote. In Sweden, conditional women's suffra ...
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History
The Anti-Sixteenth Amendment Society was formed in 1869 and led by Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren. It was the first women-led anti-suffrage group in the United States. The first two meetings were held at Dahlgren's home. Other members includedCatherine Beecher
Catharine Esther Beecher (September 6, 1800 – May 12, 1878) was an American educator known for her forthright opinions on female education as well as her vehement support of the many benefits of the incorporation of kindergarten into children's ...
, Almira Lincoln Phelps, and Mrs. William Tecumseh Sherman. The group sent a petition to the United States Congress
The United States Congress is the legislature, legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, including a Lower house, lower body, the United States House of Representatives, ...
against women's suffrage
Women's suffrage is the women's rights, right of women to Suffrage, vote in elections. Several instances occurred in recent centuries where women were selectively given, then stripped of, the right to vote. In Sweden, conditional women's suffra ...
and reprinted the petition in ''Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine''. The reprinted petition was copied by anti-suffragists who used it to collect around five thousand signatures which were given to Congress in February 1871.
Beliefs
Members of the Anti-Sixteenth Amendment Society believed that giving women the vote would hurt the family structure. In addition, they believed that women had enough duties at the home and they did not want to "bear other and heavier burdens."References
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* {{Authority control 1869 establishments in the United States Anti-suffragist organizations