Question

How did the Civil War help the cause of women's suffrage?

Answer 1

The correct option is C

The years of the Civil War and Reconstruction were perceived by women who demanded the right to vote as a stage of readjustment of forces that, at least in appearance, would allow the advance of their demands. The years of war contributed to modify the image of women.

In this way, the years of the Civil War and Reconstruction redefined the struggle for women's suffrage. The set of constitutional amendments that opened spaces for the participation of African-Americans in the institutional life of the nation ignored the demands of women, who were forced to seek new spaces to achieve their goals. The new century would be the scene of new strategies and arguments aimed at achieving the success that until then had eluded them.