The role of a white middle-class woman in antebellum America was primarily to:
a) pursue a college education.
b) take a job outside the home to supplement the family's disposable income.
c) have as large a family as possible.
d) focus her energies on the home and children.
Ans: d) focus her energies on the home and children.
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