What allowed women to assume the public role of leading the fight against heavy drinking?

Women were generally expected to protect and care for the family, so concern about alcohol’s effects on household welfare made their temperance activism socially acceptable. This allowed women to take a public leadership role in fighting heavy drinking. Choice A does not explain why society permitted that role, and choice B incorrectly suggests that men’s refusal was the reason.

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