Saint-Simon's followers, many of whom were women, based their feminism on an interpretation of his project to reorganize the globe by replacing brute force with the rule of spiritual powers. The new world order would be ruled together by a male, to represent reflection, and a female, to represent sentiment. This complementarity reflects the fact that, while the Saint-Simonians did not reject the belief that there were innate differences between men and women, they nevertheless foresaw an equally important social and political role for both sexes in their Utopia.
Only a few Saint-Simonians opposed a definition of sexual equality based on gender distinction. This minority believed that individuals of both sexes were born similar in capacity and character, and they ascribed male-female differences to socialization and education. The envisioned result of both currents of thought, however, was that women would enter public life in the new age and that sexual equality would reward men as well as women with an improved way of life.
21.It can be inferred that the author considers those
historians who describe early feminists in the Unrated:
States as "solitary" to be
Ainsufficiently familiar with the international
origins of nineteenth-century American feminist thought (A)
Boverly concerned with the regional diversity
of feminist ideas in the period before 1848
Cnot focused narrowly enough in their geo-
graphical scope
Dinsufficiently aware of the ideological consequences of the Seneca Falls conference
22.According to the passage, which of the following
is true of the Seneca Falls conference on women's rights?
AIt was primarily a product of nineteenth-
century Saint-Simonian feminist thought.
BIt was the work of American activists who
were independent of feminists abroad.
C It was the culminating achievement of the
Utopian socialist movement.
DIt was a manifestation of an international
movement for social change and feminism (D)
23.The author's attitude toward most European
historians who have studied the Saint-Simonians
is primarily one of
A approval of the specific focus of their research
B disapproval of their lack of attention to the
issue that absorbed most of the Saint-Simonians' energy after 1832(B)
Capproval of their general focus on social conditions
Ddisapproval of their lack of attention to links
between the Saint-Simonians and their American counterparts
24.It can be inferred from the passage that the author
believes that study of Saint-Simonianism is necessary
for historians of American feminism because such study
Awould clarify the ideological origins of those
feminist ideas that influenced American feminism(A)
Bwould increase understanding of a movement
that deeply influenced the Utopian socialism of early American feminists
Cwould focus attention on the most important
aspect of Saint-Simonian thought before 1832
Dpromises to offer insight into a movement that
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