both are a! i am questioning the first one though i also know d was a part of it.
They relied on help from volunteers to serve in the army
Answer:
<em>Women in the early 1800s participated in public life by:</em>
<em><u>Doing social work</u></em>
They would feel this because they viewed themselves as the superior race. Using social darwinism to justify their colonization they would go and bear what they called "the white man's burden." They would use improvements in transportation and communication as a reason it was good for the colonized as well. There may have also been feelings of nationalism because of fear of other European nations taking up all the resources and colonies.
To keep it from loosing popularity