Question

The Women of New Orleans in achieve3000
Which is most important to include in a summary of this Article?


Soldiers from Louisiana demanded to return home so they could defend their daughters and wives from General Benjamin Butler's policy.
General Benjamin Butler made a policy that allowed wealthy White women in New Orleans to be treated as "common women" if they insulted his soldiers.
White residents of New Orleans sometimes revolted against the Union soldiers' presence, such as when a group of men tore down a U.S. flag and ripped it to shreds.
General Benjamin Butler was threatened by Confederate President Jefferson Davis with immediate execution if he was ever captured.

Answer 1

Option 2.

The article centers on General Benjamin Butler’s controversial order (the “Woman Order”) that allowed women who insulted Union soldiers to be treated as “common women,” and on the reactions and consequences of that policy.