It is the first one, because the government would restrict women even leading back all the way into the 18th century during the enlightment. See the government made it very hard for women to find jobs outside that of the household. They were very limited and restricted. The government didn’t women the same as that of men. Men were more valuable in their eyes more productive. See women weren’t viewed as educated or have the potential to complete a task the same as a man
They used Paine's Common Sense to justify the American Revolution.
A major accomplishment of Britain’s Reform Act of 1832 was that it gave voting rights to "all adult males" in society, as opposed to only males of certain classes as before.
