Selina Copper Quotes
The impression is given that this and other countries are at war with one another. They are not. Their governments, composed of men and responsible only to the men of each country, and backed by the majority of men who have caught the war and glory fever, have declared war on one another. The women of all these countries have not been consulted as to whether they would have war or not. If men deliberately shut out women, the peace-loving sex, from their rightful share in ruling their countries, then all the appeals and sentiments and prayers will be of no avail in preventing hostilities.
The suffragette movement was split by WWI and the issue of pacicism. See {621265} for the pro war factional view.
Selina Copper, 1853-1948, British Suffragette Organizer, Statement of the Clitheroe Suffrage Society Regarding WWI, 1914
Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations
To support the war effort, the most militant suffragettes ceased anti Government militancy. The suffragette movement was split by WWI and the issue of pacifism. See {621266} for the anti-war factional view.
stating that war was obsolete See {640087} for the quotation of exactly what Angell wrote.
First woman elected to Congress. She voted against the declaration of war in WWI and was the only member of Congress to vote against war in WWII.
This seems to be the origin of the notion that democracies and republics are less likely to war with others than monarchies or dictatorships.
