Question
Read the excerpt from Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, 1815-1897.
Soon after this I began to study Latin, Greek, and mathematics with a class of boys in the Academy, many of whom were much older than I. For three years one boy kept his place at the head of the class, and I always stood next.
During the period of history in which Elizabeth Cady Stanton lived, how were boys and girls regarded differently?
Only boys were expected to become highly educated.
Only girls were expected to become highly educated.
Both boys and girls were expected to succeed in school.
Neither boys nor girls had educational opportunities
Soon after this I began to study Latin, Greek, and mathematics with a class of boys in the Academy, many of whom were much older than I. For three years one boy kept his place at the head of the class, and I always stood next.
During the period of history in which Elizabeth Cady Stanton lived, how were boys and girls regarded differently?
Only boys were expected to become highly educated.
Only girls were expected to become highly educated.
Both boys and girls were expected to succeed in school.
Neither boys nor girls had educational opportunities
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During the period of history in which Elizabeth Cady Stanton lived, **only boys were expected to become highly educated**. Educational opportunities were largely geared towards boys, while girls had limited access to formal education and were often not encouraged to pursue advanced studies.