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
politically 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.  rior 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.  ointing to “An
(30) Essay on Woman” (1753) as reflecting
a shift 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 Revolution changed attitudes
regarding female education, although it
may have accelerated earlier trends.
Historians’ reliance on Kerber’s “repub-
lican motherhood” 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.
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Q10:
According to the passage, within the field of educational history, Thomas Woody’s 1929 work was
- innovative because it relied on newspaper advertisements as
evidence - exceptional in that it concentrated on the period before the
American Revolution - unusual in that it focused on educational attitudes rather than
on educational practices - controversial in its claims regarding educational opportunities
for boys - atypical in that it examined the education of girls
- 答案是B, 但是我想是E, 因为从文中 "Prior to Kerber’s work,educational
historians barely mentionedwomen and girls; Thomas Woody’s 1929 work is the notable exception. "
可以得知E, 请大家看看我的推论对吗?
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