From bar owners to men of the house, a lot of people opposed women's suffrage for several reasons. Bar owners were in fear that if women had a voice they would put them out of business by moving to get rid of alcohol. Others believed that if women had a voice then all domesticated happenings would disintegrate. Women wouldn't play the same role as they did before and nobody wanted to chance that.
It was after World War I that people really started pushing for the movement. People believe that women should have the right to vote and put in their two cents, so to speak. January of the year 1918 brought that movement. Soon after President Wilson announced his support, states began allowing women's suffrage.
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