4 Select all the correct answers. Which two statements can be used as part of a summary of the passage? American women decided to help fight for the rights of others in order to gain a political platform. In order to create history, American women decided to fight for their rights. American women relentlessly fought for their civil rights and the right to vote since the time of the War of Independence. The Constitution had granted women certain rights as citizens, but states worked to deny women the ability to vote. To teach a lesson to the educated masses about slavery and the importance of suffrage, women decided to fight for their rights.