According to the Textbook,why Were There So Few Early Female

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Multiple Choice

According to the textbook,why were there so few early female sociologists?

• A) because very few women were interested in sociology before the women's movement of the 1960s.
• B) because women did not have access to, or widespread opportunities to, engage in higher education.
• C) because women were primarily interested in family life and devoted their energies to that
• D) because women were far more likely to be engaged in widespread social and educational reform

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Gender-schema Theory

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