The Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote was finally passed in 1920 in part because

A. the increasingly benign treatment given to women suffragists by the government.
B. almost every state already allowed women to vote in local elections.
C. of women's contribution to the war effort in World War I at home and abroad.
D. the women agitating for it moderated their disruptive campaign.


Answer: C

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