C. Women who perform the same work as men get paid half as much.
Read the excerpt from "Keep Things Stirring."
I have done a great deal of work, as much as a man,
but did not get so much pay. I used to work in the field
and bind grain, keeping up with the cradler, but men
doing no more got twice as much pay. So with the
German women: they work in the field and do as much
work, but do not get the pay.
Which is a key idea that belongs in a summary of this
excerpt?
A. Black women and German women both work in the
fields as hard as men.
B. The speaker has done a great deal of work, even
more than most men.
C. Women who perform the same work as men get
paid half as much.
D. Jobs such as keeping up with the cradler can be
done equally well by both men and women.
1 answer