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Women's exclusion from formal politics did not mean they had no civic roles

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Women's exclusion from formal politics did not mean they had no civic roles. It was believed that the task of fostering the virtuous citizens, which a republic required to survive, fell to women.As the virtue of feminine sexual chastity grew in importance, essayists advised young women to use this private virtue to increase men's public virtue. _______________ ideals also cast motherhood in a new light, advocating that female education produced better mothers, who in turn would produce better male citizens. Although women's obligations as wives and mothers carried new political meanings, traditional gender roles remained largely unaltered.
a. Democratic
b. Republican
c. Feminist 
d. Whig