In United States , feminists history is linked to the abolitionists. And the leader of the most of the abolitionists were Male. Women's progress towards these feminists goals were limited in abolition years. Later on, some individual women ( like Elizabeth Blackwell , <span>Antoinette Brown Blackwell etc.</span>) were manage to break the barriers to advancement.
I am not 100% on this so you may want to fact check my response:
Lusitana - it was torpeded by German U-Boats and it sank in 18 minuntes... i also believe it was a passenger ship which also really upset the US submarine- new