I was disappointed when I came to seek a profession worthy an immortal being—every employment was closed to me, except those of the teacher, the seamstress, and the housekeeper. In education, in marriage, in religion, in everything, disappointment is the lot of woman. It shall be the business of my life to deepen this disappointment in every woman’s heart until she bows down to it no longer. I wish that women, instead of being walking showcases, instead of begging of their fathers and brothers the latest and gayest new bonnet, would ask of them their rights.

Passage 2

excerpt from The Progress of Fifty Years

Half a century ago women were at an infinite disadvantage in regard to their occupations. The idea that their sphere was at home, and only at home, was like a band of steel on society.

When Elizabeth Blackwell studied medicine and put up her sign in New York, she was regarded as fair game, and was called a “she doctor.” The college that had admitted her closed its doors afterward against other women; and supposed they were shut out forever. But Dr. Blackwell was a woman of fine intellect, of great personal worth and a level head. How good it was that such a woman was the first doctor! . . . At a price the younger women doctors do not know, the way was opened for women physicians.

The first woman minister, Antoinette Brown, had to meet ridicule and opposition that can hardly be conceived to-day. Now there are women ministers, east and west, all over the country.

In Massachusetts, where properly qualified “persons” were allowed to practice law, the Supreme Court decided that a woman was not a “person,” and a special act of the legislature had to be passed before Miss Lelia Robinson could be admitted to the bar. But today women are lawyers.

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Select the correct answer.
What conclusion about Stone can you draw based on these two excerpts?

A.
She still wants women to feel disappointed by their limitations.
B.
She is proud of what teachers, seamstresses, and housekeepers have achieved.
C.
She is glad that women have finally achieved the right to vote.
D.
She is pleased with the strides women have made over 50 years.