Question 1

The term "cult of domesticity" refers to

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A)  the use of accepted beliefs about women's role in the home as an argument for increased formal schooling of girls. 
B)  fundamentalist Christian groups that required women to work only at home. 
C)  groups of women that were tried as witches for occult practices in their homes. 
D)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  the use of accepted beliefs about women's role in the home as an argument for increased formal schooling of girls. 
B)  fundamentalist Christian groups that required women to work only at home. 
C)  groups of women that were tried as witches for occult practices in their homes. 
D)  All these answers are correct. A

Question 2

By the late nineteenth century, girls outnumbered boys in public high school graduation,

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A)  but a bare majority of all high school-aged girls actually completed high school. 
B)  but fewer than ten percent of the entire high school-aged population graduated. 
C)  but for the first time a majority of all high school-aged students were graduating high school. 
D)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  but a bare majority of all high school-aged girls actually completed high school. 
B)  but fewer than ten percent of the entire high school-aged population graduated. 
C)  but for the first time a majority of all high school-aged students were graduating high school. 
D)  All these answers are correct. B

Question 3

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

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The history and educational experiences of women as a marginalized group are a testament to the pervasive inequality and discrimination that has existed within our society. From being denied access to higher education, to being limited in their career choices, women have faced numerous barriers in their pursuit of knowledge and advancement.

One of the key lessons that can be drawn from this understanding is the importance of equitable access to education. It is crucial for educators and the larger community to recognize the systemic barriers that have historically prevented women from receiving the same educational opportunities as men. This understanding should drive efforts to create inclusive and supportive learning environments that cater to the needs of all students, regardless of their gender.

Additionally, the history of women's marginalization in education serves as a reminder of the need for diverse representation in the curriculum and teaching staff. By incorporating the contributions and experiences of women into educational materials and hiring a diverse faculty, educators can create a more inclusive and empowering learning experience for all students.

Furthermore, it is essential for educators to actively challenge gender stereotypes and biases in the classroom. By promoting gender equality and fostering an environment that encourages all students to pursue their interests and goals, educators can help break down the barriers that have historically held women back in their educational pursuits.

In conclusion, the history and educational experiences of women as a marginalized group should serve as a call to action for educators and the larger community. By working towards equitable access to education, promoting diversity and inclusion, and challenging gender biases, we can create a more just and empowering educational system for all.

Question 4

In 1861, Matthew Vassar established a college dedicated to

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A)  the best intellectual preparation for women that money could buy. 
B)  state-of-the-art vocational education programs for women. 
C)  the cult of domesticity. 
D)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  the best intellectual preparation for women that money could buy. 
B)  state-of-the-art vocational education programs for women. 
C)  the cult of domesticity. 
D)  All these answers are correct.

Question 5

Critically evaluate what you take to be the most important claims and resolutions made in the Seneca Falls Declaration. Why do you think the twelfth and last resolution would have been only narrowly passed, instead of unanimously passed, as the others were?

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The Seneca Falls Declaration is a histor

Question 6

Public vocational education for women became a significant educational issue during the Progressive Era at about the same time that

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A)  new immigration raised questions about educating foreign-born youth. 
B)  industrialization and bureaucratization created more office opportunities for women. 
C)  vocational education for boys became a major educational concern. 
D)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  new immigration raised questions about educating foreign-born youth. 
B)  industrialization and bureaucratization created more office opportunities for women. 
C)  vocational education for boys became a major educational concern. 
D)  All these answers are correct.

Question 7

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott appear to endorse a view of women's capacity for rationality that is

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A)  contrary to that held by Jefferson and classical liberals. 
B)  very similar to the view later held by Mary Leal Harkness. 
C)  similar to that held by Matthew Vassar. 
D)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  contrary to that held by Jefferson and classical liberals. 
B)  very similar to the view later held by Mary Leal Harkness. 
C)  similar to that held by Matthew Vassar. 
D)  All these answers are correct.

Question 8

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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The Seneca Falls Declaration, written in

Question 9

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

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A)  the girls' curriculum was separate but not equal to 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. 
A)  the girls' curriculum was separate but not equal to 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 10

The reason Mary Leal Harkness felt the approach to women's education needed to change was that

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A)  women needed a wider opportunity to pursue "feminized" professions. 
B)  women have the right to choose their vocations as much as men, and education should facilitate that through vocational courses. 
C)  women needed more thorough academic education to develop their intellectual capacities. 
D)  women's place in the "artisan" class needed to be further developed. 
A)  women needed a wider opportunity to pursue "feminized" professions. 
B)  women have the right to choose their vocations as much as men, and education should facilitate that through vocational courses. 
C)  women needed more thorough academic education to develop their intellectual capacities. 
D)  women's place in the "artisan" class needed to be further developed.

Question 11

What two components most led to the Progressive Era changes in the nature and purpose of women's education?

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A)  Progressives and Progressive educational reform 
B)  domestic sciences and commercial education 
C)  liberals and new liberal ideology 
D)  political-economic change and sensual-classical liberal ideology 
A)  Progressives and Progressive educational reform 
B)  domestic sciences and commercial education 
C)  liberals and new liberal ideology 
D)  political-economic change and sensual-classical liberal ideology

Question 12

Do you see any parallels to the past in examples of conservative, liberal, and radical thinking about the roles (and therefore the education) of girls and women today? Give examples and evidence to support your view.

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Yes, parallels can be drawn between hist

Question 13

The most common ideological perspective(s) on the social roles of women in the nineteenth century was/ were held by:

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A)  conservatives, who wanted to maintain the status quo. 
B)  liberals, who accepted existing definitions of the female role but attempted to expand those definitions to improve educational opportunities for women. 
C)  radicals, who demanded both a new, expanded definition of female roles and a new education approach to expand opportunities. 
D)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  conservatives, who wanted to maintain the status quo. 
B)  liberals, who accepted existing definitions of the female role but attempted to expand those definitions to improve educational opportunities for women. 
C)  radicals, who demanded both a new, expanded definition of female roles and a new education approach to expand opportunities. 
D)  All these answers are correct.

Question 14

In the Progressive Era's approach to differentiated curriculum,

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A)  academic education was considered appropriate to boys but not to girls. 
B)  girls were tracked into vocational programs without regard to their social class backgrounds. 
C)  gender interacted with class in influencing whether girls would be enrolled in the vocational or academic curricula. 
D)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  academic education was considered appropriate to boys but not to girls. 
B)  girls were tracked into vocational programs without regard to their social class backgrounds. 
C)  gender interacted with class in influencing whether girls would be enrolled in the vocational or academic curricula. 
D)  All these answers are correct.

Question 15

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

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A)  girls didn't need formal education to take a productive place in society. 
B)  girls were not suited for intellectual activities. 
C)  education could be damaging to the female nature. 
D)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  girls didn't need formal education to take a productive place in society. 
B)  girls were not suited for intellectual activities. 
C)  education could be damaging to the female nature. 
D)  All these answers are correct.

Question 16

Why is it important to study women's education separately from that of males?

Accepted Answer

A)  because the education of females has been importantly different in purpose and content from that of males 
B)  because it's only fair to women 
C)  because school should be examined in a unified gender-neutral manner 
D)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  because the education of females has been importantly different in purpose and content from that of males 
B)  because it's only fair to women 
C)  because school should be examined in a unified gender-neutral manner 
D)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 17

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?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Augustine's views on women and men

Question 18

Harkness's views on vocational education are not only critical with regard to girls and young women,

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A)  but critical of wasting any student's time in vocational coursework. 
B)  but critical of vocational education in general. 
C)  but critical of the view that motherhood is a woman's highest calling. 
D)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  but critical of wasting any student's time in vocational coursework. 
B)  but critical of vocational education in general. 
C)  but critical of the view that motherhood is a woman's highest calling. 
D)  All these answers are correct.

Question 19

Anna Julia Cooper

Accepted Answer

A)  was one of the first African-Americans to receive a Ph.D. 
B)  like Catharine Beecher believed women to be subordinate to men. 
C)  was a university president. 
D)  was a university president and one of the first African-Americans to receive a Ph.D. 
A)  was one of the first African-Americans to receive a Ph.D. 
B)  like Catharine Beecher believed women to be subordinate to men. 
C)  was a university president. 
D)  was a university president and one of the first African-Americans to receive a Ph.D.

Question 20

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

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Mary Leal Harkness's critique of vocatio

The term "cult of domesticity" refers to

By the late nineteenth century, girls outnumbered boys in public high school graduation,

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

In 1861, Matthew Vassar established a college dedicated to

Critically evaluate what you take to be the most important claims and resolutions made in the Seneca Falls Declaration. Why do you think the twelfth and last resolution would have been only narrowly passed, instead of unanimously passed, as the others were?

Public vocational education for women became a significant educational issue during the Progressive Era at about the same time that

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott appear to endorse a view of women's capacity for rationality that is

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.

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

The reason Mary Leal Harkness felt the approach to women's education needed to change was that

What two components most led to the Progressive Era changes in the nature and purpose of women's education?

Do you see any parallels to the past in examples of conservative, liberal, and radical thinking about the roles (and therefore the education) of girls and women today? Give examples and evidence to support your view.

The most common ideological perspective(s) on the social roles of women in the nineteenth century was/ were held by:

In the Progressive Era's approach to differentiated curriculum,

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

Why is it important to study women's education separately from that of males?

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?

Harkness's views on vocational education are not only critical with regard to girls and young women,

Anna Julia Cooper

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

Introduction: Understanding School and Society

Liberty and Literacy: The Jeffersonian Ideal

School As a Public Institution: The Common-School ERA

Social Diversity and Differentiated Schooling: The Progressive ERA

Diversity and Equity: Schooling Girls and Women

Diversity and Equity: Schooling and African Americans

Diversity and Equity: Schooling and American Indians

Liberty and Literacy Today: Contemporary Perspectives

Teaching in a Public Institution: The Professionalization Movement

Differentiated Schooling, Labor Market Preparation, and Contemporary School Reform: The Postcold

Diversity and Equity Today: Defining the Challenge

Diversity and Equity Today: Meeting the Challenge

School and Society: Teaching and Teacher Leadership in the 21st Century

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Exam 8: National School Reform: The Early Cold War ERA

The term "cult of domesticity" refers to

By the late nineteenth century, girls outnumbered boys in public high school graduation,

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

In 1861, Matthew Vassar established a college dedicated to

Critically evaluate what you take to be the most important claims and resolutions made in the Seneca Falls Declaration. Why do you think the twelfth and last resolution would have been only narrowly passed, instead of unanimously passed, as the others were?

Public vocational education for women became a significant educational issue during the Progressive Era at about the same time that

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott appear to endorse a view of women's capacity for rationality that is

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.

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

The reason Mary Leal Harkness felt the approach to women's education needed to change was that

What two components most led to the Progressive Era changes in the nature and purpose of women's education?

Do you see any parallels to the past in examples of conservative, liberal, and radical thinking about the roles (and therefore the education) of girls and women today? Give examples and evidence to support your view.

The most common ideological perspective(s) on the social roles of women in the nineteenth century was/ were held by:

In the Progressive Era's approach to differentiated curriculum,

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

Why is it important to study women's education separately from that of males?

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?

Harkness's views on vocational education are not only critical with regard to girls and young women,

Anna Julia Cooper

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

Introduction: Understanding School and Society

Liberty and Literacy: The Jeffersonian Ideal

School As a Public Institution: The Common-School ERA

Social Diversity and Differentiated Schooling: The Progressive ERA

Diversity and Equity: Schooling Girls and Women

Diversity and Equity: Schooling and African Americans

Diversity and Equity: Schooling and American Indians

Liberty and Literacy Today: Contemporary Perspectives

Teaching in a Public Institution: The Professionalization Movement

Differentiated Schooling, Labor Market Preparation, and Contemporary School Reform: The Postcold

Diversity and Equity Today: Defining the Challenge

Diversity and Equity Today: Meeting the Challenge

School and Society: Teaching and Teacher Leadership in the 21st Century

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