4. impact of civil war

Question 1

Many women wanted to vote in order to

Answer 1

protest about slavery

Question 2

Abolition leaders (men) did not want to associate abolitionists with feminism

Answer 2

loose support

Question 3

After Civil War (1861-1865) AA rights and women’s rights

Answer 3

separated

Question 4

How did Civil War affect women?

Answer 4

More public participation
Organised charitable organisations and fundraising
Men away- women had to take on greater economic responsibility
AA gained political rights. why shouldn’t women (played important part in war and campaigned for abolition)
Many women didn’t want to return to domesticity. wanted to work in public sphere.