The fields of antebellum (pre-Civil War) political history and women’s history use separate sources and focus on separate issues.Political historians, examining sources such as voting records, newspapers, and politicians’ writings, focus on the emergence in the 1840’s of a new “American political nation,” and since women were neither voters nor politicians, they receive little discussion.Women’s historians, meanwhile, have shown little interest in the subject of party politics, instead drawing on personal papers, legal records such as wills, and records of female associations to illuminate women’s domestic lives, their moral reform activities, and the emergence of the woman’s rights movement.
However, most historians have underestimated the extent and significance of women’s political allegiance in the antebellum period.For example, in the presidential election campaigns of the 1840’s, the Virginia Whig party strove to win the allegiance
of Virginia’s women by inviting them to rallies and speeches.According to Whig propaganda, women who turned out at the party’s rallies gathered information that enabled them to mold party-loyal families, reminded men of moral values that transcended party loyalty, and conferred moral standing on the party. Virginia Democrats, in response, began to make similar appeals to women as well.By the mid-1850’s the inclusion of women in the rituals of party politics had become commonplace and the ideology that justified such inclusion had been assimilated by the Democrats.
GWD1-Q5:
According to the second paragraph of the passage, Whig propaganda included the assertion that
A.women should enjoy more political rights than they did
B.womenwere the most important influences on political attitudes within a family
C.women’s reform activities reminded men of important moral values
D.women’s demonstrations at rallies would influence men’s voting behavior
E.women’s presence at rallies would enhance the moral standing of the party
The right answer is E, but I really can't understand it.........作者: xiongbaobao 时间: 2010-6-10 17:10
A. women should enjoy more political rights than they did无
B. women were the most important influences on political attitudes within a family无
C. women’s reform activities reminded men of important moral values不是改革活动
D. women’s demonstrations at rallies would influence men’s voting behavior无
E. women’s presence at rallies would enhance the moral standing of the party定位34行“ferred moral standing on the party”
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