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Do you think women's involvement in reform movements enhanced their role in public life? Why or why not?

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This posting addresses women's involvement in reform movements during the Civil War.

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As you contemplate your own answer, I personally feel that women's growing involvement in reform movements enhanced their role in public life for various reasons:

First, I feel that women's reform movement participation marked an initial and major step in affirming the overall empowerment for these oppressed women. I feel that it gave them a voice and their initial ...

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