Posted by Meyer on
URL: https://coalpha.arkian.net/Thomas-Jefferson-quote-tp6702294p6938465.html

I was just taking the words from the part you quoted.  There's more of the quote, and a reference, at

http://quotationsbook.com/quote/44769/

The context does seem to indicate that he doesn't think women should have the right to vote.  But government was so much smaller and more limited in that era that I would interpret the passage as saying more about the private clubs and associations of today than about government.  Above all, Jefferson would be appalled at the tremendous growth in government power in the past 100 years.  Whether this phenomenon is caused, in part, by female suffrage, would be an interesting topic in itself.