During the nineteenth-century, occupational information about women that was provided by the
United States census-a population count conducted each decade-became more detailed and precise
in response to social changes. Through 1840, simple enumeration by household mirrored a
home-based agricultural economy and hierarchical social order: the head of the household
(presumed male or absent) was specified by name, whereas other household members were only
indicated by the total number of persons counted in various categories, including occupational
categories. Like farms, most enterprises were family-run, so that the census measured economic
activity as an attribute of the entire household, rather than of individuals.
The 1850 census, partly responding to antislavery and women’s rights movements, initiated the
collection of specific information about each individual in a household. Not until 1870 was
occupational information analyzed by gender: the census superintendent reported 1.8 million
women employed outside the home in “gainful and reputable occupations.” In addition, he
arbitrarily attributed to each family one woman “keeping house.” Overlap between the two groups
was not calculated until 1890, when the rapid entry of women into the paid labor force and social
issues arising from industrialization were causing women’s advocates and women statisticians to
press for more thorough and accurate accounting of women’s occupations and wages.
240. The passage suggests which of the following about the “women’s advocates and women
statisticians” mentioned in lines 27-28?
(A) They wanted to call attention to the lack of pay for women who worked in the home.
(B) They believed that previous census information was inadequate and did not reflect certain economic changes in the United States.
(C) They had begun to press for changes in census-taking methods as part of their participation in the antislavery movement.
(D) They thought that census statistics about women would be more accurate if more women were employed as census officials.
(E) They had conducted independent studies that disputed the official statistics provided by previous United States censuses.
做题的时候就在犹豫到底选B还是E，最后还是选了E。OG的解释是，从文章中无法看出这些women advocates and women statisticians是否亲自conduct了studies，但是文中“...advocates and women statisticians to press..."我理解这个press就是发表研究，那一般来说发表研究的人就是亲自做这个研究的啊。所以我觉得从og的解释来看，还是无法确定b和e到底哪个更准确些。哪位nn可以提一个更令人信服的解释呢？
多谢多谢。：）
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