The expansion of higher-education opportunities for women:

A) Was enabled by a class-action lawsuit by a group of female student petitioning for education opportunities equal to men’s
B) Happened as a result of the passage of a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote and the expectation that they should be educated enough to do so
C) Was widely opposed in most parts of the country, causing women seeking an education to move to more progressive states
D) Coincided with the expansion of higher-education opportunities for African Americans, as African American colleges were among the first to admit women