Question

Based on this excerpt, what is one reason that women were denied voting rights in the early 1800s? Society believed they would outnumber the number of men who voted. Society believed they were not competent enough to understand certain issues. Society believed they were not qualified to run for public office. Society believed they would abandon their domestic responsibilities.

Answer 1

Society believed they were not competent enough to understand certain issues.

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Answer 2

The correct answer is that society believed they were not competent enough to understand certain issues.
Given that women only had to take care of the house and their family at the time (they were not allowed to work yet), it was thought that they didn't have the knowledge necessary to decide on such important matters such as voting. However, that changed in 1920, when the 19th Amendment gave them suffrage rights.