Military leaders illegally seized power and dominated the Roman Republic
They sent minor threats, but aside from that did nothing else.
WWII just rolled by and their husbands left them to join the army and become soldiers and the women were targets for sexual abuse, they had to work in factories because the men that used to work in those factories left for the army, the women in these times were treated very poorly.
Reagan promulgated a program to restore U.S. prominence and honor globally, and fight economic problems. He advocated a more laissez faire policy through a lessening of government activism, taxes, spending, and restrictions on business.