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[mehdi.kanoun]

Helo this is my first post. thanks for providing ans

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.
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Q10:
According to the passage, within the field of educational history, Thomas Woody’s 1929 work was
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
Answer:
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Q11:
According to the passage, Kerber argued that political leaders thought that the form of government adopted by the United States after the American Revolution depended on which of the following for its success?
Women assuming the sole responsibility for instilling political virtue in children
Girls becoming the primary focus of a reformed educational system that emphasized political virtue
The family serving as one of the primary means by which children were imbued with political virtue
The family assuming many of the functions previously performed by schools and churches
Men an women assuming equal responsibility for the management of schools, churches, and the family
Answer:
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Q12:
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?
The extent to which women were interested in pursuing educational opportunities in the eighteenth century
The extent of the support for educational opportunities for girls prior to the American Revolution
The extent of public resistance to educational opportunities for women after the American Revolution
Whether attitudes toward women’s educational opportunities changed during the eighteenth century
Whether women needed to be educated in order to contribute to the success of a republican form of government
Answer:

The OA :

10 B why it is not E
11 C why it is not A
12 B

many thanks

[mschwrtz]

Hey Mehdi, just wanted to give you a heads-up. We're getting caught up on this forum, and I'll get to this question as soon as we are a little further along. I could answer about 5 questions from paying students in the time it would take me to answer this one, so I'm going to set it aside for a couple of days. Sorry for the delay.

[mschwrtz]

Actually, I just realized that if I set this aside it'll likely fall to another instructor. Since we're all quite vain about our post numbers, I guess that that wouldn't be kosher.

So... sigh... here we go.

Wait, the first question you mentioned cites a clearly wrong answer as the OA. Is this really from the GMAT Prep?

A search shows it cited as part of the 1000RC set. I understand that that set has some GMAT Prep questions in it, but the combination of that association and a mistaken answer key makes me suspicious.

I won't delete this right away, but please verify with a screen-shot that this is actually from GMAT Prep. Verify and I'll answer. Don't and I'll delete.

Thanks.