Read this excerpt from “What I Hope to Leave Behind.”
If we have known happy homes, we want to reproduce the same type of thing we have had; and even though we may always be critical of some things in our past, time nearly always puts a halo around even a few of the disagreeable things, and most women dream, as they rock their babies or busy themselves in household tasks, that their daughters will do the same things someday.
Which statement explains how this excerpt relates to the position of women during Eleanor Roosevelt’s time?
a. Although some women may have raised sons and daughters, they lived during a time when they taught their daughters to work in the home.
b. Although some women had difficult upbringings, they lived during a time when working in the home was their only option.
c. Although some women may have had doubts about working in the home, they lived during a time when doing so was often taken for granted.
d. Although some women had been raised to consider individual careers, they lived during a time when they often opted to work in the home.
