题目信息
Recent feminist scholarship concerning the United
States in the 1920s challenges earlier interpretations
that assessed the 1920s in terms of the unkept
“promises” of the women's suffrage movement. This
new scholarship disputes the long-held view that
because a women's voting bloc did not materialize
after women gained the right to vote in 1920,
suffrage failed to produce long-term political gains
for women. These feminist scholars also challenge
the old view that pronounced suffrage a failure for
not delivering on the promise that the women's vote
would bring about moral, corruption-free governance.
Asked whether women's suffrage was a failure, these
scholars cite the words of turn-of-the-century social
reformer Jane Addams, “Why don't you ask if suffrage
in general is failing?”
In some ways, however, these scholars still present
the 1920s as a period of decline. After suffrage, they
argue, the feminist movement lost its cohesiveness,
and gender consciousness waned.After the mid-
1920s, few successes could be claimed by feminist
reformers: little could be seen in the way of legislative
victories.
During this decade, however, there was intense
activism aimed at achieving increased autonomy for
women, broadening the spheres within which they
lived their daily lives. Women's organizations worked
to establish opportunities for women: they strove to
secure for women the full entitlements of citizenship,
including the right to hold office and the right to serve
on juries.
States in the 1920s challenges earlier interpretations
that assessed the 1920s in terms of the unkept
“promises” of the women's suffrage movement. This
new scholarship disputes the long-held view that
because a women's voting bloc did not materialize
after women gained the right to vote in 1920,
suffrage failed to produce long-term political gains
for women. These feminist scholars also challenge
the old view that pronounced suffrage a failure for
not delivering on the promise that the women's vote
would bring about moral, corruption-free governance.
Asked whether women's suffrage was a failure, these
scholars cite the words of turn-of-the-century social
reformer Jane Addams, “Why don't you ask if suffrage
in general is failing?”
In some ways, however, these scholars still present
the 1920s as a period of decline. After suffrage, they
argue, the feminist movement lost its cohesiveness,
and gender consciousness waned.
1920s, few successes could be claimed by feminist
reformers: little could be seen in the way of legislative
victories.
During this decade, however, there was intense
activism aimed at achieving increased autonomy for
women, broadening the spheres within which they
lived their daily lives. Women's organizations worked
to establish opportunities for women: they strove to
secure for women the full entitlements of citizenship,
including the right to hold office and the right to serve
on juries.
It can be inferred from the passage that recent scholars cite the words of Jane Addams primarily in order to
A:suggest that women's achievement of suffrage brought about changes in government that were not taken into account by early interpretations
B:point out contradictions inherent in the goals of the women's suffrage movement
C:show why a women's voting bloc was not formed when women won the right to vote
D:emphasize the place of social reform movements in the struggle for suffrage for women
E:suggest that the old view of women's suffrage was inappropriate
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E:suggest that the old view of women's suffrage was inappropriate
答案 E
学者们引用JA的话来说明,问妇女选举权是否失败,并不比问普选是否失败更恰当。很明显,问这两个问题都不合适,大概是因为选举权本身就有价值
A.学者们并不否认妇女选举权未能给政府带来重大变化的说法。亚当斯声明的要点是,仅仅因为妇女投票权不能带来所有期望的改变,就质疑妇女投票权是不恰当的。
B.学者们认为妇女选举权运动的目标没有内在的矛盾。即使提出了这样的要求,这种要求与JA的声明之间也没有什么关系。
C.学者们接受较早的解释,即没有形成妇女投票集团;然而,学者们没有解释为什么没有形成这样一个集团。
D.虽然社会改革运动在争取妇女投票权的斗争中确实发挥了重要作用,但这句话并没有表达这一观点。
E.正确。旧的观点认为,妇女选举权运动在很多方面都是失败的,因为它没有达到某些与妇女选举权有关的目标。学者们引用JA的话来表明这种观点是不恰当的:妇女的选举权不应该被认为是没有达到所有目标的失败,就像一般的选举权不应该被认为是没有达到所有目标的失败一样。
学者们引用JA的话来说明,问妇女选举权是否失败,并不比问普选是否失败更恰当。很明显,问这两个问题都不合适,大概是因为选举权本身就有价值
A.学者们并不否认妇女选举权未能给政府带来重大变化的说法。亚当斯声明的要点是,仅仅因为妇女投票权不能带来所有期望的改变,就质疑妇女投票权是不恰当的。
B.学者们认为妇女选举权运动的目标没有内在的矛盾。即使提出了这样的要求,这种要求与JA的声明之间也没有什么关系。
C.学者们接受较早的解释,即没有形成妇女投票集团;然而,学者们没有解释为什么没有形成这样一个集团。
D.虽然社会改革运动在争取妇女投票权的斗争中确实发挥了重要作用,但这句话并没有表达这一观点。
E.正确。旧的观点认为,妇女选举权运动在很多方面都是失败的,因为它没有达到某些与妇女选举权有关的目标。学者们引用JA的话来表明这种观点是不恰当的:妇女的选举权不应该被认为是没有达到所有目标的失败,就像一般的选举权不应该被认为是没有达到所有目标的失败一样。


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