• Which of the following best describes the historical context behind Katherine Mansfield's story "The Daughters of the Late Colonel"?
A. Families in Mansfield's time were becoming less stable; increasing
numbers of young adults were moving away from their parents.
B. Women in Mansfield's time were given few opportunities outside
of marriage; they lived lives that paled in comparison to the lives.
of men.
c. Women in Mansfield's time had gained radical new freedoms that
allowed them to live in any manner they chose.
D. The military in Mansfield's time had just begun to allow women to
join their ranks, against the wishes of the older generatimas.