Question

The suffragettes were a group of women who devoted their lives to defending their right to vote in political elections. The original movement was born in England in the 19th century, but the philosophy and beliefs of the group were rapidly spread across other European, American and Asian counntries. The word suffrage was associated with the women's movement to have the rigth to vote. At that time, voting rights were exclusively for men. Women were not considered smart enough to make important decisions, so they were relegated to more ‘appropriate’ roles for them: taking care of children, cleaning the house, cooking, and so on. However, a group of women started to fight for their right to participate as equal citizens.a. Why is the word appropriate in quotation marks in line 7?

Answer 1

because those roles are not any more appropiate for women that for men, that was just the way people thought back then.