2 questions 1) What does the text mean below?

2) What does conceive and conduct mean in this context?

(politics is the means by which government is conducted. It is neither "good"nor "bad." but it
is necessary. Indeed, it is impossible to conceive of
government without politics.)

Which statement is true about women's suffrage? a. women won the right to vote during theodore roosevelt's presidency. b. women won the right to vote during reconstruction c. women won the right to vote after world war 1 d. women won the right to vote during the spanish-american war