The U.S. and Florida constitutions both provide for checks and balances (see Benchmark 1.7). it is from the people that government secures its power. ... The U.S. Constitution is amended by elected federal and state legislators while the Florida Constitution is amended by voters.
They mostly believed that women would become political and devoted to causes and participating in politics which would lead them to abandon their duties towards their homes which was mostly about things like chores and being a housewife. This was the common belief among anti-suffragists, but there were also radicals who believed even worse things.