In only daughter, what does the following paragraph mainly reveal about the
author's father?
being only a daughter for my father meant my destiny would lead me to become
someone's wife. that's what he believed. but when i was in fifth grade and shared
my plans for college with him, i was sure he understood. i remember my father
saying, "que bueno, mi'ja that's good." that meant a lot to me, especially since my
brothers thought the idea hilarious. what i didn't realize was that my father thought
college was good for girls-for finding a husband. after four years in college and two
more in graduate school, and still no husband, my father shakes his head even now
and says i wasted all that education.
a) he fears for his daughter's safety.
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b) he is afraid to stand up to his sons.
oc) he wants his daughter to get married.
d) he thinks his daughter should attend college so that she can get a high-
paying job.

Read the excerpt from loom and spindle. but in a short time the prejudice against factory labor wore away, and the lowell mills became filled with blooming and energetic new england women. . they soon began to associate with those who formed the community in which they had come to live, and were invited to their houses. they went to the same church, and sometimes married into some of the best families. or if they returned to their secluded homes again, instead of being looked down upon as "factory girls" by the squire's or the lawyer's family, they were more often welcomed as coming from the metropolis, bringing new fashions, new books, and new ideas with them. what inference can be drawn about the time period of the excerpt? a. the changing workforce transformed society’s rules. b. factories improved local economies with new products. c. women with factory experience found other jobs easily. d. married women preferred factory work to homemaking.