It can be inferred from the passage that, in proposing the "three-part chronological division" (lines 60-61), scholar...

Boram January 13, 2019

Answer Choice (b)

Would (b) be the correct answer because of lines 58-59, where it says that "historians suggested that there was little change for colonial women before 1800"?

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MichelleRod February 12, 2019

Thanks for your question @Boram

You are correct that answer choice (B) is supported by lines 58-59, taken together the preceding half of the paragraph. The paragraph discusses how historians' earlier characterizations of colonial women's lives were overly-simplistic. Lines 58-59 are giving an example of this overly-simplistic view

Maybeillgetlucky April 13, 2019

Why are you saying B is the correct answer when it was really A?

I chose A. A is the correct answer. and now it says B is wrong leaving me feeling confused yet I was right all along. misleading post.

shunhe January 11, 2020

Hi @Maybeillgetlucky,

Yes, you're right, the answer choice for this one is (A). Sorry for the mix-up.