Women movements were very instrumental and aggressive in advocating for women suffrage. Their desire for abolition of strong drinks for example was meant to create a good society where their rights would not be abused and it would lead to social progress.
Their demand for voting rights in one way was tilted towards enhancing white supremacy. Although, at the end women movements won with the ratification of the 19th amendment, the black women had undergone racial discrimination, as the women movements were more of white women.
The justice system had tried to crush them by putting some leaders in prison and making members undergo ill treatment. The anti-suffragists argued women were more of household duties and had no time for voting and their mental capacity were not endowed with political ideas that could better the society.
But, this did not hinder them from demanding opportunities to further their education, be allowed to work for eight hours per day, participate in economic activities and in voting process.
