Yvette was a young wife in the 1920s. Her husband purchased an automobile, and Yvette learned to drive it. Suddenly, she could get to stores and social events a great distance away. This is an example of how, thanks to automobiles, women __________.â–¸ became the heads of their householdsâ–¸ were freed from the narrow confines of their homesâ–¸ no longer ate canned goodsâ–¸ became more conservative in their views