Review the article "Did the Industrial Revolution Provide More Economic Opportunities for Women in the 1830s?" a) Summarize each author's position by describing the main argument and discussing the supporting evidence for the
question "Did the Industrial Revolution provide more economic opportunities for women in the 1830s?"
b) Evaluate which author's argument is stronger and why.

a. professor nancy f. cott says yes. she says that "merchant capitalism reached its mature phase in the 1830." she also states that the "roles of the middles class family became more clearly defined" and that new economic opportunities opened within a limited sphere outside their home. Women also entered a variety of reform movements, to pursue objects in their own self-interest as well as to improve their society.

professor gerda says no. she states that n democracy provided political and economic opportunities for men and women" that "were equally disenfranchised and isolated from vital centers of economic opportunity."  she also included "women did not play a determining role in the ranking pattern; they took their position in society through the men of their own family or the men they married."

b. professor nancy f cotts has a stronger argument, because she gave many ideas, and examples. so did professor gerda, but nancy's position was more appealing to me.

Explanation:

sorry for such little info, i was in a rush completing this. i was timed.

when studying cause and effect, historians usually group the causes into different categories. for example, cultural causes reflect how a society’s literature and art convey the way the society saw itself in relation to the rest of the world. another resource that historians use to understand society is pop culture, which tells them the trends and ideas that are preferred by the common people. when studying cause and effect, it’s important to remember multiple causation, or the idea that an effect could have several causes and vice versa.  

the correct option is “cultural causes” since art and literature are related to the culture of a place. culture is determined by literature, art, music.

the correct option is “pop culture” since it reflects the likes and ideas of common people whereas the rest of the options do not focus on common people.  

the correct option is “multiple causation” since it refers to the idea that events are caused by multiple reasons, not just a single one.