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There were three main concerns that drove the anti-suffrage argument. First, anti-suffragists felt that giving women the right to vote would threaten the family institution. Second, they saw women's suffrage as in opposition to God's will. Third, they thought that women could not handle the responsibility of voting because they lacked knowledge of that beyond the domestic sphere and they feared government would be weakened by introducing this ill-informed electorate. The National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage was the first national organization of women who fought women’s suffrage, before there were multiple state organization though. Because of the anti-suffragist’s beliefs they struggled between speaking publicly to uphold their traditional values or remaining silent like a proper woman should and risk losing the social system in place.