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However, most historians have
underestimated the extent and signifi-
cance of women’s political allegiance
in the antebellum period. For example,
in the presidential election campaigns
(25) of the 1840’s, the Virginia Whig party
strove to win the allegiance of LACE w:st="on">VirginiaLACE>’s
women by inviting them to rallies and
speeches. According to Whig propa-
ganda, women who turned out at the
(30) party’s rallies gathered information
that enabled them to mold party-loyal
families, reminded men of moral values
that transcended party loyalty, and con-
ferred moral standing on the party.
(35) 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 common-
(40) place, and the ideology that justified
such inclusion had been assimilated
by the Democrats.
Q5:
According to the second paragraph of the passage (lines 20-42), Whig propaganda included the assertion that
- women should enjoy more political rights than they did
- women were the most important influences on political attitudes within a family
- women’s reform activities reminded men of important moral values
- women’s demonstrations at rallies would influence men’s voting behavior
- women’s presence at rallies would enhance the moral standing of the party
选项E是如何从原句当中判断得？谢谢NN指教！ | 
