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There he involves his wife, Lady Jane, who must balance securing their entry into London high society — and thus their future prospects — with her growing involvement in women’s suffrage.

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When the student continued to insist that women’s suffrage had ruined the country, Knowles didn’t back down from his lighthearted “compromise” position, instead attempting to move the student along with the concession that his point was “fair” and an affectionate joke about how other “progressive” amendments, including Prohibition, were a problem.

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The Pentagon later clarified that Hegseth doesn’t oppose women’s suffrage.

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Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, has faced scrutiny for his association with Wilson—and Wilson’s anti–women’s suffrage views—since he was nominated to lead the Department of Defense.

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He had given us no direct indication he holds an anti–women’s suffrage position.

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