[問題]GWD20-12

[evelyn_yeh]

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. 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 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.

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 educational opportunities for girls prior to the American Revolution
C. The extent of public resistance to educational 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


Answer:D
我覺得答案應該是B, 因為：

Woody also claimed that　practical education for females had　many advocates before the Revolution.Woody’s evidence challenges the notion　that the Revolution changed attitudes
regarding female education
請問為何ANS是D呢？？？

[simonyu]

我是用大意來看，

1.在Woody的地方提到她的論文reflecting a "shift" in view，事實上這個view在revolution之前就開始了;

2.Woody挑戰原來的理論，以前普遍認為the Revolution changed attitudes regarding female education;

3.最後一句提到making it difficult to determine to what extent the Revolution really changed women’s lives

因此，差異在於究竟revolution有沒有影響這個view，或影響多少，並不是這個view的內容程度差異。答案D似乎較B為佳。

報告完畢。

[evelyn_yeh]

您說的沒錯,不過(D)選項是說:""是否這view改變發生在18世紀??""
而K和W的不同是差異在於究竟revolution有沒有影響這個view
另文中提及:
//Woody found that educational opportunities increased for both girls
and boys around 1750.//
//practical education for females had many advocates before the Revolution.//
//challenges the notion that the Revolution changed attitudes
regarding female education//
W的論點是在Revolution之前就已經有轉變了.而Revolution發生在(1775-1783), W並沒有否定發生在18世紀這個事實呀!!況且W說他發現 這樣的改變發生在around 1750(早於Revolution但仍在18世紀呀)