The suffragists found it hypocritical to fight a war abroad, for its freedom and democracy and deny the right to vote to women at home.
American suffragists promoted the universal suffrage as a right choice for a civilized nation. Countries like Canada, England, Russia, France, Denmark and Italy had already adopted the suffrage.
By the time World War I started , women in 8 states had already won the right to vote.
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