Several important results followed. Both political parties were induced to put up cleaner, better men, for the women would not stand a notoriously corrupt or unclean candidate. The headquarters of political parties became more decent, and the polling places became respectable.
–“Speech in Favor of Women’s Suffrage,” 1910,
Robert Owen
How did women’s suffrage impact the political process?
Women demanded honorable politicians and orderly polling places.
Women cleaned the headquarters of political parties.
Women voted at separate, cleaner polling places.
Political parties chose to ignore the demands of women.