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Which argument did many Progressive Era suffragists use to support voting rights for women?

  1. Voting would let women reform society, protect families, and shape policy
  2. Women should vote only if they personally owned major railroads
  3. Elected officials should be entirely replaced by newly formed unelected boards
  4. Women should be permitted to vote only in elections held abroad
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Correct answer: Voting would let women reform society, protect families, and shape policy

Many suffragists argued that women's votes would support reforms in education, health, labor, and family welfare. This argument connected voting rights to broader Progressive goals.

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