There are different ways to assess if improvement was being made with women’s rights during Americas road to independence. “The assumption that women were naturally dependent--…as wives to their husbands…” would be tested during this time frame. (pg173) Group dynamics for women's rights before the civil war can be seen in family life and business, industry, and war. Like any other movement, once given these opportunities, it was not to be taken back. Success of the family business depended on the wife to manage things while the husband was away. She also managed to rear their children while tending to the animals and crops. “Even traditional female roles took on new meaning in the absence of male household heads.” (pg172) Not only did
