How did women gaining the right to vote change the portrayal of male and female dynamics in literature? It allowed women to enter into politics, which was often reflected in literary plots. It gave women more power in society and politics, but in literature men remained more powerful. It gave women more power than they previously had, which was portrayed in literary characterizations of women. It allowed women to hold important offices at the state and national level, which they were barred from before gaining the right to vote.