Questions 5–7 refer to the excerpt below.
There are several circumstances in the situation, employments, and duties of women in America which require a peculiar mode of education.
I. The early marriages of our women . . . renders it necessary to contract its plan and to confine it chiefly to the more useful branches of literature.
II. The state of property in America renders it necessary for the greatest part of our citizens to employ themselves in different occupations for the advancement of their fortunes. This cannot be done without the assistance of the female members of the community. They must be the stewards and guardians of their husbands’ property. That education, therefore, will be most proper for our women which teaches them to discharge the duties of those offices with the most success and reputation.
III. From the numerous avocations to which a professional life exposes gentlemen in America from their families, a principal share of the instruction of children naturally devolves upon the women. It becomes us therefore to prepare them, by a suitable education, for the discharge of this most important duty of mothers.
IV. The equal share that every citizen has in the liberty and the possible share he may have in the government of our country make it necessary that our ladies should be qualified to a certain degree . . . by a suitable education, to concur in instructing their sons in the principles of liberty and government.

Benjamin Rush, Thoughts Upon Female Education, 1787

Benjamin Rush’s ideas regarding the education of women has the MOST in common with which of the following?

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Questions 5–7 refer to the excerpt below.
There are several circumstances in the situation, employments, and duties of women in America which require a peculiar mode of education.
I. The early marriages of our women . . . renders it necessary to contract its plan and to confine it chiefly to the more useful branches of literature.
II. The state of property in America renders it necessary for the greatest part of our citizens to employ themselves in different occupations for the advancement of their fortunes. This cannot be done without the assistance of the female members of the community. They must be the stewards and guardians of their husbands’ property. That education, therefore, will be most proper for our women which teaches them to discharge the duties of those offices with the most success and reputation.
III. From the numerous avocations to which a professional life exposes gentlemen in America from their families, a principal share of the instruction of children naturally devolves upon the women. It becomes us therefore to prepare them, by a suitable education, for the discharge of this most important duty of mothers.
IV. The equal share that every citizen has in the liberty and the possible share he may have in the government of our country make it necessary that our ladies should be qualified to a certain degree . . . by a suitable education, to concur in instructing their sons in the principles of liberty and government.

Benjamin Rush, Thoughts Upon Female Education, 1787

Benjamin Rush’s ideas regarding the education of women has the MOST in common with which of the following?

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The prompt presents a passage from Benjamin Rush (1787) on Thoughts Upon Female Education and asks which idea Rush’s views have the most in common with. 
First, note the key themes in Rush’s excerpt: he argues that women should be educated to fulfill roles linked to the family and civic life. Specifically, he emphasizes guiding the household economy and property stewardship (I–II), educating mothers to rear children effectively (III), and enabling women to contribute to the informing of their sons about liberty and government (IV). These points point toward a particular historical correleation between women’s education and their role in supporting republican civic virtue. 
Option evaluation cannot proceed with standard choices since no answer options were provided. Nevertheless, we can reason about likely competing concepts Rush engages with: 
- A view that women should be educated primarily for domestic roles and moral instruction of children, emphasizing the family as the foundation of the republic. This would align with the idea that women nurture virtue and civic values in the next generation. 
- A broader assertion that women should participate directly and publicly in governance or politics. This would be inconsistent with Rush’s emphasis on domestic and familial duties rather than political office or formal political power. 
- A claim asserting education should be universally broad without regard to gender roles in the family and civic life. Rush’s text explicitly tailors education to maternal and household responsibilities, so this would not match as closely. 
- An interpretation focusing solely on economic independence or property management without connection to moral instruction and public virtue. Rush ties women’s education to stewardship of husbands’ property, but within the frame of moral and civic influence, not solely economic autonomy. 
In examining why Rush’s stance connects most strongly to a concept often summarized as republican motherhood, consider how this idea centers on the mother’s role in cultivating republican values in children, particularly sons, and sustaining the republic through educated, virtuous households. Rush’s emphasis on training women to discharge duties related to property stewardship, motherhood, and instruction of sons about liberty and government maps directly onto that framework. 
Given the absence of alternative options in the provided list, we infer that the term most closely capturing this convergence is the concept of republican motherhood: a doctrine that links female education to the public good by shaping the next generation’s political and civic sensibilities from the domestic sphere. 
If you had other choices, you would compare them along these lines: does the option emphasize women’s educational purposes for domestic virtue and child-rearing aimed at sustaining republican values, or does it push for direct political participation or a broad, non-gendered education? The former would align with Rush’s points (and with republican motherhood), while the latter would misfit the text’s scope. 
In sum, Rush’s proposed educational aims for women emphasize domestic instruction, moral development of children, and preparation to participate in civil life by raising virtuous citizens, which is the core idea behind republican motherhood.

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