Read the excerpt from my antonia. one result of this family solidarity was that the foreign farmers in our county were the first to become prosperous. after the fathers were out of debt, the daughters married the sons of neighbours–usually of like nationality–and the girls who once worked in black hawk kitchens are to-day managing big farms and fine families of their own; their children are better off than the children of the town women they used to serve. which of the words in this passage signal a contrast? result of first like better off

"better off"          

Explanation:

           In the given context, the phrase "better off" is representing a contrast or comparing the current situation of the daughters to the condition of the town women.

           As given, the town women were more prosperous than the daughters in the early days and the daughters used to served the town women once. But when the daughters got married, they began to manage large firms and became stable in terms of wealth and grew fine families. The quality of life of the daughters' have improved and was better than the life of the town women.

Thus "better off" in the passage represents a contrast.

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