They talked with other important people to get in a deal.
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Because if they don't have wealth they won't be able to buy their supplies and hire crewmen. They wouldn't be able to get ships and boats.
They were tasked with protecting the movement of trade goods. They also kept defense of the northern and western frontier against Indian and Mexican incursions, defense of the coast against Union invasion, and suppression of Union loyalists within Texas.
They wanted women to rely on men so they would cut there feet, and unable to do manual labor. Women did not have certain rights as men did. Women were not allowed to fight in battles, own property, make big dissuasions. Lots of stuff us women take for granted today, many women back then would have wished they could be us.
That she was a very big political influence. And that she was probably one of the main reasons that President Rooselvelt passed so many laws.
