Excerpt from The Ballot and the Bullet, compiled by Carrie Chapman Catt
We have an account of a Pennsylvania girl who served in one of the Western regiments for ten months, before it was known that she was a woman. She stated that there were many female soldiers known to her and one female lieutenant. She had assisted in burying three female soldiers whose sex was unknown to any one but herself. We have also an account of Mrs. Francis L. Clayton, who enlisted in 1861 with her husband at St. Paul, Minn. The two fought together side by side in eighteen battles, till the husband was killed in the battle at Stone River. After that sad event, Mrs. Clayton concluded to retire from active service, and on informing the commander that she was a woman, she received an honorable discharge. She was wounded three times while fighting bravely for her country, and was once taken prisoner. Could not such a woman defend her vote?
Use the excerpt to answer the question.
Which conclusion does the excerpt MOST clearly support?
A.
Women soldiers served with great reluctance, enlisting as devastating losses reduced male enlistments.
B.
Women actively sought ways to fight in and support the war effort, even disguising themselves as men.
C.
Women nurses and doctors played a crucial role on the battlefields of the war as well as on the home front.
D.
Women volunteers largely supported the war from home by making military supplies and organizing rations.
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