Why can women's reforms be considered part of social revolution?

Correct answer: They were attempts to increase equality in family and society

The governing concept is that a social revolution changes everyday relationships and institutions, not only governments or property ownership. Reforms affecting women challenged traditional family authority and unequal legal or social arrangements. Measures such as improving women’s legal status, expanding access to education and work, and questioning restrictions within marriage aimed to make family and public life more equal. Therefore option D is correct because such reforms attempted to transform gender relations in both the household and society. Option A describes the opposite of the reformist aim. Option B is too narrow, since social reforms were intended to affect ordinary women as well, and option C would preserve religious control rather than promote broader equality.