Just as she opposed liquor, a woman might have special reasons to oppose the saloon where it was served. It was the anti-home that drew her husband and, one day, her son away from her influence. The existence of such a place made her sense of isolation at home all the more pronounced. That the saloon was both masculine and, it was thought, sinful, strengthened the view that men were, by nature, sinful and women, by nature, pure. It followed that women should be involved in politics, where their natural purity would overcome political corruption. For many women, this was a basis of their demand for the vote and a beginning of what was to be called women's liberation.
