PT127.S4.P4.Q26

PrepTest 127 - Section 4 - Passage 4 - Question 26

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During most of the nineteenth century, many French women continued to be educated according to models long established by custom and religious tradition. ███

Intro topic · Education of French women during 1800s
Based on custom and religion for most of 1800s.
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Other person's perspective · Failure to reform education after French Revolution (1789) was "missed opportunity"
Nondiscriminatory system not established until 1880s.
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Spotlight · There were proposals for reform after French Revolution
Two in particular were egalitarian.
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First proposal · Called for education for everyone
Proposed offering education to both men and women, opening public schools throughout country, hiring both men and women teachers.
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Limit on first proposal · Women still treated differently
Girls leave school at 8 years old for domestic training.
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Second proposal · Called for equal education and coed schools
Coed schools supposed to protect against gender roles from religion.
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Limit on second proposal · Women still treated differently
Women's roles still defined by family and motherhood.
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Lesson · Obstacles to equal education
The failure and limits of the two proposals shows the cultural and political obstacles after the French Revolution.
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Impact of the two proposals · Influenced educational reform in 1880s
Egalitarian reforms passed in 1880s used the earlier proposals to demonstrate that the new laws were rooted in tradition.
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The author never suggests that the proposed educational reforms were a response to the new government. The author never mentions the relationship between the educational reforms and the new government.

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b

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The author never connects the timing of the reforms to a belief in the power of education.

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had vast popular ███████ ██████ ██████ ███████

The author never suggests that the two proposed reforms that failed had “vast popular support.”

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treated education for █████ ██ █ ████████████ ██ ███ ██████████████ ██ █████ ███████

The author never suggests that anyone thought education for women was a requirement that had to be met before implementing other reforms. The author doesn’t discuss the relationship between education for women and other kinds of reforms.

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e

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The author indicates that the proposals for educational reform were “to a great extent, egalitarian.” The fact these reforms were proposed “in the years just after the revolution” suggests they might have been influenced by the egalitarian ideals of the revolution.

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