The author mentions the seamstresses’ view of guild membership as a “mark of independence from the patriarchal family” (lines 40-41) primarily in order to
emphasize that the establishment of the seamstresses’ guild had implications that were not solely economic
illustrate the conflict that existed between tailors and their female family members over membership in the tailors’ guild conflict不是over membership in the tailors’ guild。女裁缝们根本就不可能加入男裁缝协会吧?要加入,她们也是加入女裁缝行会(seamstress guild,他们争论的焦点很清楚,就在文章最后一句)。
imply that the establishment of the seamstresses’ guild ushered in a period of increased economic and social freedom for women in France
provide an explanation for the dramatic increase in the number of women working as seamstresses after 1675
indicate that members of the seamstresses’ guild were financially more successful than were tailors’ female relatives protected by the tailors’ guild