The statement that best describes society’s view of women attending college during the period in which Stanton lived is: Women were often not allowed to seek a college education. This is evidenced by the excerpt, which highlights the barrier of "no girls admitted here," indicating a discriminatory policy against women in higher education.
Read the excerpt from Eighty Years and More.
From the academy the boys of my class went to Union College at Schenectady. When those with whom I had studied and [competed] for prizes for five years came to bid me good-by, and I learned of the barrier that prevented me from following in their footsteps—"no girls admitted here"—my [annoyance and shame] knew no bounds.
Based on this excerpt, which statement best describes society’s view of women attending college during the period in which Stanton lived?
Women were encouraged to seek a college education.
Women were mostly not interested in going to college.
Women were expected to go to college.
Women were often not allowed to seek a college education.
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