19. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 19: Progressivism and Social Control

**Quiz for Document 19.1: Frances Willard, On Behalf of Home Protection (1884)**

Quiz for Document 19.1: Frances Willard, On Behalf of Home Protection (1884)

Document 19.1: Frances Willard, On Behalf of Home Protection (1884)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

Question 19.1

1. Inherent in Frances Willard’s account is an argument that women hold a certain advantage over men. What is that advantage?

Feminine kindness

Their ability to give birth

Their strong-minded optimism

Moral superiority

Question 19.2

2. According to Willard, who first gave her the idea that women should have the right to vote?

Her father

Her mother

Her sister

Her brother

Question 19.3

3. According to Willard’s argument for woman suffrage, which of the following elements of women’s function in society makes their access to the vote particularly important?

Their moral superiority

Their religiosity

Their role as housekeepers

Their role as mothers

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