Women were prominent in the missionary movement because
a. it was a public activity thought an acceptable outlet for the energies of the more moral sex.
b. New England had a surplus of women of marriageable age for whom there were insufficient spouses in the antebellum era. c.
many women were discontented with the social dictum that they marry and retreat to home and hearth.
d. they were concerned about the state of society.
e. all of these choices above.
ANS: E
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What will be an ideal response?