They tend to not have the same opportunities as other people do based on their backgrounds and physical characteristics.
More control over the family businesses: The Civil War took men away from farms, businesses, and plantations. Women were expected to take control of matters in their absence.
The war opened new economic opportunities as women were provided a chance to run family businesses. This was especially true for women in the South who had to run plantations while their husbands fought or were involved in the government.
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a guess but I think the shifting of tectonic plates
Filial Piety was an idea in Confucian philosophy where elders were meant to be respected the most.
It is something that is still held to majority of Asian society in which the children of the family would respect the elders the most, for instance, the grandchild and the grandmother would have the grandmother respected the most and so on throughout the family tree.
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