Question 7 • *NBHS FL-1001070-M/J Language Arts 3 A
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.
Answer
A
Women were encouraged to seek a college education.
B
Women were mostly not interested in going to college.
C
Women were expected to go to college.
D
Women were often not allowed to seek a college education.