Question

How did the Civil War help the cause of women's suffrage?

A. It showed that while women worked hard, they could not do work as well as men.
B. So many men died in battle, there were not enough available to fill different jobs.
C. Women were able to prove they could do many things to help outside the home.
D. It made everyone realize that women needed to have the right to vote immediately.

Answer 1

The correct option is C

The years of the Civil War and Reconstruction were perceived by women who demanded the right to vote as a stage of readjustment of forces that, at least in appearance, would allow the advance of their demands. The years of war contributed to modify the image of women.

In this way, the years of the Civil War and Reconstruction redefined the struggle for women's suffrage. The set of constitutional amendments that opened spaces for the participation of African-Americans in the institutional life of the nation ignored the demands of women, who were forced to seek new spaces to achieve their goals. The new century would be the scene of new strategies and arguments aimed at achieving the success that until then had eluded them.