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During the nineteenth-century, occupational information about women that was
During the nineteenth-century, occupational information about women that was
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During the nineteenth-century, occupational information about women that was provided by theUnited States census-a population count conducted each decade-became more detailed and precisein response to social changes. Through 1840, simple enumeration by household mirrored ahome-based agricultural economy and hierarchical social order: the head of the household(presumed male or absent) was specified by name, whereas other household members were onlyindicated by the total number of persons counted in various categories, including occupationalcategories. Like farms, most enterprises were family-run, so that the census measured economicactivity as an attribute of the entire household, rather than of individuals.
The 1850 census, partly responding to antislavery and women’s rights movements, initiated thecollection of specific information about each individual in a household. Not until 1870 wasoccupational information analyzed by gender: the census superintendent reported 1.8 millionwomen employed outside the home in “gainful and reputable occupations.” In addition, hearbitrarily attributed to each family one woman “keeping house.” Overlap between the two groupswas not calculated until 1890, when the rapid entry of women into the paid labor force and socialissues arising from industrialization were causing women’s advocates and women statisticians topress for more thorough and accurate accounting of women’s occupations and wages.
选项
A、explain and critique the methods used by early statisticians
B、compare and contrast a historical situation with a current-day one
C、describe and explain a historical change
D、discuss historical opposition to an established institution
E、trace the origin of a contemproary cotroversy
答案
C
解析
This question asks you to identify what the passage is mainly concerned with doing. The best answer is choice C. Lines 1-5 state that the United States census’ occupational information about women became more detailed and precise during the nineteenth century. The rest of the passage discusses how and why this change occurred. Choice A is incorrect because it is overly broad. The passage does not describe methods used by early statisticians. Rather, it concerns the more narrow topic of information about women provided by the United States census during the nineteenth century. Choice B is incorrect. Although the passage does deal with a historical topic-namely, the United States censuses during the nineteenth century – it does not describe the current-day United State census. Choice D is incorrect: although the passage describes a series of changes made to the United States census during the nineteenth century, there is no mention in the passage of opposition to the census. Choice E is incorrect because the passage is concerned with certain historical changes in the census, not with a contemporary controversy.
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