Base your answers to questions 19 and 20 on the passage below and your knowledge of social studies.
"The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women. It was a strange stirring, a se
yearning that women suffered in the middle of the twentieth century in the United States. Each suburban wife str
made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her childre
and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night-she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question-"Is this al
For over fifteen years there was no word of this yearning in the millions of words written about women, for wome
books and articles by experts telling women their role was to seek fulfillment as wives and mothers.... They learne
women do not want careers, higher education, political rights-the independence and the opportunities that the c
fought for."
19. The main purpose of the book was to
Source: Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mys
(1) Promote women's suffrage in the twentieth century
(2) Promote the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as means for women's rights
(3) Encourage women to join the environmental protection movement
(4) Raise awareness of the limitations put on women
20. A historian would find this document most useful for
(1) CT
