USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Women became leaders in a range of social and political movements from 1890 through 1920, known as the Progressive Era. Prominent suffragists led progressive causes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The reform of education, particularly for women, was a key concern of the women’s rights movement during the 1800s (Source 1, Source 3 and Source 4).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Women’s Christian Temperance Union The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Vermont was founded to advocate against alcohol. They embraced the suffrage movement in the 1880s partially on the belief that most women would vote for further prohibition of intoxicating liquors.

Detailed explanation-4: -society still viewed women as nurturers and agents of stability. Women used this influence and their educational attainment to advocate for social change. These reforms included a re-born temperance movement, women’s suffrage, sanitation, educational reforms, and attacks on racism.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Second Great Awakening brought women together in a network of voluntary associations devoted to good deeds, such as the care of widows and orphans, where women created a “Benevolent Empire” that enabled them to move into public roles where they could wield power and assume responsibility.