CLEP US History I

Answer: E - There were no restrictions on women's contact with slaves, particularly since women were slave owners and often had personal attendants. Criticism over women's participation in the movement generally centered around the gender prejudice of the time, which prohibited women form speaking in public and demanded that they attend to their family’s needs first and foremost. Many abolitionists also feared that women's demands for their own rights would detract from the abolitionist cause.