Answer:
There were also women who fought in battle. One well-known woman is Molly Pitcher, who “attended the cannon of her fallen husband." Although Pitcher may be mythological, "[d]irect evidence exists of at least two women who did perform such duties."
Explanation:
The passage that directly quotes logically and smoothly the writer's sentences are given in option (d): which quotes that "there were also women who fought in battle."
Women participated in battle as well. Molly Pitcher, for example, is a "well-known woman who attended her husband's cannon." Despite the fact that Pitcher is a fiction, there is direct evidence of at least two women who performed similar tasks.
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