What response did the author receive from her academic community when she disseminated her scholarly work on domestic service?
What will be an ideal response?
Frequently, question-and-answer sessions turned into a defense of such practices as hiring undocumented workers, not filing income taxes, or gift giving in lieu of raises and benefits. The author was not prepared for scholars and feminists to respond to her scholarly work on a more personal level as housewives or employers.
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a. true b. false
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1. The "boarding school" was the centerpiece of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' efforts to educate Native Americans. 2. Education was used to help Native Americans learn the ways of white people, while at the same time maintain their traditional cultures. 3. Treaties took away the economic base of Native Americans. 4. The Bureau of Indian Affairs is a decentralized bureaucracy. 5. As a government agency, the Bureau of Indian Affairs is relatively efficient and responsive to the problems of Native Americans.
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A. minority groups. B. racial groups. C. ethnic groups. D. polarization.
A(n) ______ is a tentative prediction about how empirical events or attributes will be related or patterned.
A. theory B. estimate C. law D. hypothesis