Title: The Catholic Church & Women's Suffrage | Synonym
Headings: The Catholic Church & Women's Suffrage
The Catholic Church & Women's Suffrage
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1 St. Augustine
2 Objection To Women's Suffrage
3 Acceptance and Political Mobiization
4 Swing Vote
5 The Vatican Excepted

Content: In 1930, ten years after women won the right to vote in the U.S., Pope Pius XI condemned women’s liberation, arguing it would produce a false redirection from their true identity as mothers and homemakers. It would not be until 1945 that Italy, home of the Vatican, granted women the right to vote . 3 Acceptance and Political Mobiization
Yet after 1920, the U.S. Catholic Church began to organize Catholic women for the Church’s own objectives, mobilizing groups such as the National Council of Catholic Women against liberalism, socialism and feminism. Catholic women’s groups have also lobbied against birth control, divorce and the Equal Rights Amendment, ironically fighting against some rights which women suffragists have sought to earn. 4 Swing Vote
Today however, the Church’s sway over Catholic women voters is in question. While some Catholic women agree with the Church on some issues such as abortion, they are much more likely to support a social safety net more in line with liberal political platforms. Because of this, Catholic women voters are now considered swing voters in US Presidential Elections . 5 The Vatican Excepted
The Catholic Church has come a long way since opposing women’s suffrage, and now supports women’s equal access to education, employment and political participation worldwide. However, the Vatican, a tiny state that as the home of the Pope wields big political influence, still denies women the right to vote.