Read the excerpt from "The Revolt of Mother," by Mary Wilkins Freeman. Her mother scrubbed a dish fiercely. "You ain't found out yet we're women-folks, Nanny Penn," said she. "You ain't seen enough of men-folks yet to. One of these days you'll find it out, an' then you'll know that we know only what men-folks think we do, so far as any use of it goes, an' how we'd ought to reckon men-folks in with Providence, an' not complain of what they do any more than we do of the weather." How does the excerpt reflect its social and historical context? It illustrates women's comfort with subservient and domestic roles in the late 1800s. It illustrates women's frustration with subservient and domestic roles in the late 1800s. It illustrates women's confidence in men's leadership skills in the late 1800s. It illustrates women's frustration in men's spirituality in the late 1800s.

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Yuliana Bond

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Kira Macdonald · Answer 1

It illustrates women’s frustration with subservient and domestic roles in the late 1800s