All Except Which One of the Following Were Important Gains

question 62

Multiple Choice

All except which one of the following were important gains in women's rights in the post- revolutionary era?

• A)Female academies educated most of the native-born women of the Northeast.
• B)The common law rule of coverture was abolished.
• C)New Jersey briefly gave voting rights to female tax-paying heads of household.
• D)Increasingly, popular novels cast women as main characters.
• E)The ideal of "Republican" wife and mother gave women an expanded role within the family.

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