There were literal anti-voting women leagues, suffrage and feminism were astroturfed *hard*. In England, the suffragettes were literal commie terrorists who bombed churches and shamed their men for not wanting to fight pointless brother wars. Had the (((press))) not been on the side of feminism, it would have fizzled out for being completely insane on its face. But (((governments))) wanted a bigger tax base, and (((corporations))) wanted cheaper labor, so feminism was normalized.