Can you describe the importance of prohibition to the political development of American women?


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In the early 19th century, a few middle-class Protestant women spoke out on the blight of liquor: drink, they said, was the supreme threat to the happy home, because the saloon lured men away from it and too often made them abusive toward their wives and children on their return. This time for women eventually helped lead to the right to vote and gave them a stronger voice

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