Which of the following statements concerning the status of women in post-independence Latin America is most accurate?
A) Following independence, women gained little ground and there was virtually no change in the attitudes toward women's proper role in society.
B) Because of their participation in the independence movement, women were rewarded in post-revolutionary Latin America with voting rights and access to political office.
C) Because women in general failed to support the revolutionary movements, they were not included in the massive reforms that allowed independence.
D) The status of women actually declined after independence, as they were cut off from the areas such as public education that had been available to them in colonial Latin America.
Ans: A) Following independence, women gained little ground and there was virtually no change in the attitudes toward women's proper role in society.
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