Women were always an important part of the abolitionist movement in and beyond the United States. Though they were not formally admitted to the earliest abolitionist societies in America, both black and white women shaped antislavery discourses by aiding fugitive slaves and circulating antislavery literature.
General Outcomes of the War The war had lasted eight years making it the longest conventional war in the 20th century, being longer than both the world wars. The war claimed the lives of more than 1,250,000 people and resulted in no official change. Neither Iraq nor Iran achieved their wartime goals and there were no reparations paid.
