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Linda Kerber argued in the mid-

1980’s that after the American Revolution

(1775-1783), an ideology of  “republican

Line motherhood” resulted in a surge of edu-

(5)cational opportunities for women in the

 United States. Kerber maintained that

 the leaders of the new nation wanted

 women to be educated in order to raise

 oolitically virtuous sons. A virtuous citi-

(10)zenry was considered essential to the

success of the country’s republican form

of government; virtue was to be instilled

not only by churches and schools, but

by families, where the mother’s role

(15) was crucial. Thus, according to Kerber,

motherhood became pivotal to the fate

of the republic, providing justification for

an unprecedented attention to female

education.

(20)   Introduction of the republican moth-

erhood thesis dramatically changed

Historiography. Prior to Kerber’s work,

educational historians barely mentioned

women and girls; Thomas Woody’s 1929

(25) work is the notable exception. Examining

newspaper advertisements for acade-

mies. Woody found that educational

opportunities increased for both girls

and boys around 1750. pointing to “An

(30) Essay on Woman” (1753) as reflecting

a shirt in view. Woody also claimed that

practical education for females had

many advocates before the Revolution,

Woody’s evidence challenges the notion

(35) that the Revgolution changed attiludes

regarding female education, although it

may have accelerated earlier trends.

Historians’ reliance on Kerber’s “repub-

lican mother hood” thesis may have

(40) obscured the presence of these trends,

making it difficult to determine to what

extent the Revolution really changed

women’s lives.

Q9.

The passage suggests that, with regard

to the history of women’s education in the

United States, Kerber’s work differs from

Woody’s primarily concerning which of

the following?

A.     The extent to which women were

interested in pursuing educational

opportunities in the eighteenth century

B.     The extent of the support for educa-

tional opportunities for girls prior to

the American Revolution.

C.     The extent of public resistance to edu-

cational opportunities for women after

the American Revolution.

D.     Whether attitudes toward women’s

educational opportunities changed

during the eighteenth century.

E.      Whether women needed to be educated

in order to contribute to the success

of a republican form of government

我觉得应该选B,大家讨论一下吧

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i like B 2