Which of the Following Contributed to Overcoming Resistance to Women's

question 73

Multiple Choice

Which of the following contributed to overcoming resistance to women's suffrage?

• A) nonviolent resistance by suffragettes
• B) the expansion of education for both sexes
• C) the burgeoning socialist movement of the 1910s
• D) the entry of women into the military in World War I

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