The Conflict Between Suffragette And Her Husband

The conflict that I must resolve is a disagreement between a wealthy suffragette and her husband. The suffragette is a woman who has been putting forth massive support, both financially and time wise, into the suffragette movement. She is very passionate about movement and wants to help any way she can. The husband is a lawyer with hopes of serving on the state legislature. He understands the suffrage movement as a serious detriment to his family and is irate that his wife would join such a cause. The family is on the line. The husband is threatening divorce and barring his wife from seeing the children. While this may seem like a lose-lose situation there is indeed a solution to this conflict. First, we will begin with the wife’s argument. She is an avid supporter of suffrage, while at the same time in love with her family. She was originally introduced to the movement by her friends from college. She, as an educated woman, wants to influence the country that she lives in, and give her daughter the rights she didn’t have. Her thoughts are not to tear apart her family, but instead to giver herself equal footing. Since she was so educated and wealthy it is possible she has been reading articles such as Letter from the Editor and Emma Goldman Speaks. Both of with not only agree with, but also
He is demining his wife’s thoughts and wants, and reduces her to a nonfunctioning or feeling part of his family. He’s denying her a separate identity way from himself and their children. Moreover, with his background in law it is very likely that he knows how to work the law in his favor. At the time women weren’t supposed to rebel against their husbands. They were expected to do what their husbands said without question. Because of this women often lost divorce cases and lost custody of children. Which shows that the problem is detrimental not only to his wife, but also to his