If white women, who at the time were understanding that their place in the world was to be the mothers of the race, were given suffrage, they can vote along with their white supremacist males and dominate the US. These white supremacists knew that if they allowed women to vote based on literacy, they knew they could make it so Black people and the indigenous were kept illiterate therefore they cannot vote. 'Everyone is represented, but only those who can read and write. Not my fault you can't read nor write.' is the vibe I'm getting.