Short Answer Questions: Using the excerpt above, answer (a), (b), and (c)
a) Describe the conditions in America around 1840 that encouraged young women to seek employment outside of
their home.
b) List and explain three reasons Orestes Brownson used to oppose the employment of women as factory
"operatives."
c) Identify an argument from the “Lowell Offering" and explain how it countered the position of Orestes Brownson.