Linda Kerber argued in the mid-
980’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 girl
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.
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Q10:
According to the passage, within the field
of educational history, Thomas Woody’s 1929 work
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? | 
