Was There a Link Between Women's Suffrage and Education in the Early 20th Century

Was There A Link Between Women’s Education and Their Right To Vote? During the woman's rights movement one of the major concerns people had with giving women the vote, was the fear that they had not yet obtained a sufficient education to make good use of it. Several people thought that they could not make good decisions because of their lack of knowledge that could only be acquired with a "proper" education. Therefore, one …

…science. Women became, for the first time, an important part of the labor force as well as the brains behind things. In conclusion, women were becoming more important due to education. Because they played such a role in the work force they deserved suffrage. Also, by the early 1900s, they had a sufficient education to be able to make good decisions. Thus, education played a critical role in the effort for women to acquire suffrage.