Question

Use the passage below to answer all parts of the question that follows.

"In the past two centuries, a revolution has transformed women’s lives. Unlike national revolutions, this social upheaval crosses continents, decades, and ideologies. In place of armed struggle it gradually sows seeds of change, infiltrating our consciousness with the simple premise that women are as capable and valuable as men. To measure the breadth of this ongoing upheaval of old patterns, consider the way feminist movements have transformed law and politics. . . . Or note the change in leadership. . . . Women’s movements have never been so widespread.”

–Estelle B. Freedman,
No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women, 2002

A) Identify ONE specific example of how a change in the rights or roles of women from 1800 to the present corresponds to the argument made in the text.

B) Identify ANOTHER specific example of how a change in the rights or roles of women from 1800 to the present corresponds to the argument made in the text.

C) Explain ONE specific example of how a continuity in the rights or roles of women from 1800 to the present counters an argument made in the text.

Answer 1

Answer:

A) One specific example of how a change in the rights or roles of women from 1800 to the present corresponds to the argument made in the text is that women can now run for public office. This connects to how the author describes how women are just as capable and valuable as men.

B) Another specific example of how a change in the rights or roles of women from 1800 to the present corresponds to the argument made in the text is that women can get a post-secondary education now.

C) One specific example of how a continuity in the rights or roles of women from 1800 to the present counters an argument made in the text is that women are still struggling to get paid a wage that is equal to that of a man. This counters the argument that these movement would be able to change all the woes women face.

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