1. Mary E. Wilkins Freeman on the Suffrage Movement: A Recovered Document.
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Nader, Jennifer M.
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WOMEN'S rights ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,ATTITUDES toward sex ,POLITICAL knowledge ,PRIVILEGE (Social sciences) ,WOMEN'S suffrage - Abstract
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, a New England writer, focused on the experiences of women in her stories, depicting their struggles with poverty and patriarchal barriers. Despite her own unconventional choices, such as delaying marriage and not having children, Freeman opposed women's suffrage. In a recently recovered essay, she expressed her belief that women already had sufficient rights granted by the Constitution and that active participation in the suffrage movement would compromise their womanhood and domestic responsibilities. She also argued that women's involvement in politics and clubs would not be supported by their husbands and families. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2024
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