... politics during this period anyway. Antis also stressed that women could not fight in the army and they should not have the vote because they couldn't fight for their country. But just because women couldn't fight for the country doesn't mean that they wouldn't. This didn't change that fact that Antis felt that Britains role as an empire was still too important to jeopardise. None of the British colonies wanted to give women the vote and there were fears that the colonies would lose respect for Britain and demand independence if women's suffrage was granted. This could be a serious problem because of all the trade and income that Britain got from it's colonies and because all of Britains colonies together had a large population. There were also vague fears that Britain would be invaded if women got the vote, because women would want to avoid confrontation and other countries would ...

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