Title: 'Vote No on Women's Suffrage': Bizarre Reasons For Not Letting Women Vote - The Atlantic
Headings: 'Vote No on Women's Suffrage': Bizarre Reasons For Not Letting Women Vote
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'Vote No on Women's Suffrage': Bizarre Reasons For Not Letting Women Vote

Content: In the 1910s it published this pamphlet explaining why women shouldn't be allowed to vote: Click on the images to enlarge
The stated reasons to "vote no" include: BECAUSE 90% of the women either do not want it, or do not care. BECAUSE it means competition of women with men instead of co-operation. BECAUSE 80% of the women eligible to vote are married and can only double or annul their husband's votes. BECAUSE it can be of no benefit commensurate with the additional expense involved. BECAUSE in some States more voting women than voting men will place the Government under petticoat rule. BECAUSE it is unwise to risk the good we already have for the evil which may occur. The pamphlet also includes a list of household cleaning tips for women. Some gems: "