大学英语六级考试拓展阅读-背诵美文68
<p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="status">status</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="colonial">colonial</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="studied">studied</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="described">described</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="briefly">briefly</span> <span word="summarized">summarized</span>. <span word="Throughout">Throughout</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="colonial">colonial</span> <span word="period">period</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="marked">marked</span> <span word="shortage">shortage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="women">women</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="varied">varied</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="regions">regions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="greatest">greatest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="frontier">frontier</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="favorable">favorable</span> <span word="ratio">ratio</span> <span word="enhanced">enhanced</span> <span word="womens">womens</span> <span word="status">status</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="position">position</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pursue">pursue</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="careers">careers</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Puritans">Puritans</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="religious">religious</span> <span word="sect">sect</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="dominated">dominated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="british">british</span> <span word="colonies">colonies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="America">America</span>, <span word="regarded">regarded</span> <span word="idleness">idleness</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sin">sin</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="underdeveloped">underdeveloped</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="absolutely">absolutely</span> <span word="necessary">necessary</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="member">member</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="perform">perform</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="function">function</span>. <span word="Thus">Thus</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="women">women</span>, <span word="married">married</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="single">single</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="approved">approved</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="regarded">regarded</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="civic">civic</span> <span word="duty">duty</span>. <span word="Puritan">Puritan</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="councils">councils</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="widows">widows</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="unattached">unattached</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="self">self</span> <span word="supporting">supporting</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="needy">needy</span> <span word="spinsters">spinsters</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="parcels">parcels</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="land">land</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="sanction">sanction</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="married">married</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="working">working</span>; <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="contrary">contrary</span>, <span word="wives">wives</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="husbands">husbands</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="won">won</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="approval">approval</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="extra">extra</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="home">home</span>. <span word="Needy">Needy</span> <span word="children">children</span>, <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="boys">boys</span>, <span word="were">were</span> <span word="indentured">indentured</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="apprenticed">apprenticed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="keep">keep</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="vast">vast</span> <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="homes">homes</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="articles">articles</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="family">family</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="colonial">colonial</span> <span word="production">production</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cloth">cloth</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="clothing">clothing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="partially">partially</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="shoes">shoes</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hands">hands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="women">women</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="addition">addition</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="occupations">occupations</span>, <span word="women">women</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="kinds">kinds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="employment">employment</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="butchers">butchers</span>, <span word="silversmiths">silversmiths</span>, <span word="gunsmiths">gunsmiths</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="upholsterers">upholsterers</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="ran">ran</span> <span word="mills">mills</span>, <span word="plantations">plantations</span>, <span word="tanyards">tanyards</span>, <span word="shipyards">shipyards</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="shop">shop</span>, <span word="tavern">tavern</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="boardinghouse">boardinghouse</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="gatekeepers">gatekeepers</span>, <span word="jail">jail</span> <span word="keepers">keepers</span>, <span word="sextons">sextons</span>, <span word="journalists">journalists</span>, <span word="printers">printers</span>, <span word="apothecaries">apothecaries</span>, <span word="midwives">midwives</span>, <span word="nurses">nurses</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="teachers">teachers</span>.</p>
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