Question 1

The social and economic inequalities based on gender that still exist in society today are evidenced in part by

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A)  the nature and content of media influences on women and girls. 
B)  the reinforcement of gender stereotypes in contemporary classrooms. 
C)  both the reinforcement of gender stereotypes in contemporary classrooms and the nature and content of media influences on women and girls. 
D)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 2

During the progressive era, the school curriculum for girls was changed to include much more

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A)  liberal education. 
B)  vocational education. 
C)  commercial education. 
D)  vocational and commercial education.

Question 3

Which of the following is true of the role of Mary Leal Harkness in the women's rights movement of the early 20th century?

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A)  She developed teaching techniques and learning materials that facilitated rote memorization. 
B)  She argued that female education should be confined to domestic science and commercial education. 
C)  She criticized the various ideological justifications for the subordinate place of women in society. 
D)  She argued that girls must be educated in order to make them more "fit companions for their husbands."

Question 4

Critically analyze Mary Leal Harkness's critique of vocational education for girls.

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Question 5

Anna Julia Cooper was known for

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A)  her activism on the part of African American women. 
B)  her position that Christian ideals were compatible with educational ideals. 
C)  her belief that political and social equality in a racist culture was possible through the education of African American women. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 6

If the Seneca Falls Declaration was purposely based on classical liberalism, which was the dominant ideology of the time, how could the document have been considered radical or extreme in its views? Explain.

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Question 7

Of the conservative, liberal, and radical perspectives regarding the education of women in the 19th century, the two positions that were most consistent with classical liberal views on gender roles

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A)  were the conservative and radical views. 
B)  were the conservative and liberal views. 
C)  were the radical and liberal views. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 8

Early in the 20th century, the National Education Association

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A)  opposed the dominant view that vocational education for girls should focus on sex-typed occupations. 
B)  endorsed the view that vocational education for girls should focus on sex-typed occupations. 
C)  sought political advantage by steering clear of any discussion of vocational education for girls. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 9

To alleviate the political-economic difficulties surrounding the turn of the 20th century, Americans turned to

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A)  immigration. 
B)  local control of neighborhood schools. 
C)  progressive reform in schooling. 
D)  industrialization. 
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 10

Given your understanding of the history and educational experiences of women as a marginalized group, what "lessons" have you taken, or should the larger community of educators take, away from this understanding?

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Question 11

Do you believe that any of Augustine's views on women and men continue to influence the educational experiences of girls and women today? How, specifically?

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Question 12

The Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention of 1848 used classical liberal notions of natural rights and human rationality to frame a manifesto

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A)  of resistance to male privilege in society, politics, and education. 
B)  advocating awareness of education as the key to economic success. 
C)  extolling the virtues of vocational education for women. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 13

In colonial times, a desirable wife

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A)  spoke several European languages. 
B)  was a proficient homemaker and nurturing mother. 
C)  demonstrated her intellectual capacity in both the domestic and public spheres. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 14

In 1861, Matthew Vassar established Vassar College at Poughkeepsie to

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A)  provide women with collegiate educations equal to those provided in the best male colleges. 
B)  provide educational options to women that were less expensive than those available to men. 
C)  allow men of color to receive the same education as received by others. 
D)  implement domestic science training for girls so that they were prepared for domestic work in other people's homes.

Question 15

A problem with the academy system with respect to women's education was that

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A)  the girls' curriculum was usually different from that of the boys. 
B)  the schools were overcrowded. 
C)  the best education for women was offered in other places. 
D)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 16

European American cultural norms that subordinate women to men in society

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A)  are directly antithetical to Christian tradition. 
B)  have their basis at least partly in Christian tradition. 
C)  were basically overcome by the twentieth century. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 17

In the context of the women's rights movement in the 19th century, which of the following is true of Elizabeth Cady Stanton?

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A)  She was deeply influenced by Matthew Vassar. 
B)  She argued that every girl should study domestic science. 
C)  She appointed a commission to study charters for female colleges. 
D)  She was deeply influenced by the antislavery movement.

Question 18

The historical exclusion of girls from schooling prior to the Revolution was grounded in the view that

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A)  it was not necessary to educate girls in an agrarian and frontier society. 
B)  girls were not suited for intellectual activities. 
C)  education could cause physical and mental weakness in females. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 19

The exclusion of girls from American public schools in the 18th century was the result of

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A)  neglect or oversight. 
B)  the lack of need to educate girls in a frontier society. 
C)  the belief that females were unsuited for intellectual activities. 
D)  the belief that females were unsuited for intellectual activities and the lack of need to educate girls in a frontier society.

Question 20

Nineteenth-century school practices based on the cult of domesticity were

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A)  established for all females. 
B)  punishable by death. 
C)  extended to all but the poorest of females. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Exam 5: Diversity and Equity: Schooling Girls and Women