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The 马萨诸塞州协会反对 to the Further 扩大妇女选举权 was 创立于1895年5月. J. 艾略特·卡伯特夫人. C. E. 公会,夫人. 亨利·阿. 霍顿,伊丽莎白 Johnson, Cornelia Baylis Lowell, Kate Gannett Wells, and Margaret Green Whitney. 之前 formation of the 马萨诸塞州协会反对 to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women, the organized women's opposition to the suffrage movement in Massachusetts consisted of 一个反对选举权的委员会成立于1882年. Its primary function was to obtain signatures for "remonstrances" against "the imposition of any further political duties upon women.“这些 "remonstrances" were circulated to offset the petitions of the suffragists.

In 1890, 的抗议的官方机构 anti-suffrage movement in Massachusetts, was first published by the anti-suffrage committee. It appeared annually until 1908, when it was issued quarterly. 1914年，它的标题被延长到 反对妇女选举权的抗议.

The 马萨诸塞州协会反对 to the Further 扩大妇女选举权 eventually changed its name to the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of Massachusetts. 到1915年， association had nearly 37,000 members and was headquartered in the Kensington Building, Boylston 街,波士顿. The activities of the members (as summarized by the president) were to: 1) furnish material to the press; 2) publish leaflets and pamphlets; and 3) work with the Men's Anti-Suffrage Committee in organizing rallies, furnishing speakers, maintaining anti-suffrage shops in Boston and other cities, and carrying on publicity work.