"too much has already been said and written about woman's sphere … wendell phillips says, 'the best and greatest thing one is capable of doing, that is his sphere.' … leave women, then, to find their sphere. and do not tell us before we are born even, that our province is to cook dinners, darn stockings, and sew on buttons."—lucy stone which of the following statements best connects the excerpt to cultural developments the author witnessed? a. stone refers to the cult of domesticity, arguing that it denies women their right to determine their own way in life. b. stone refers to the second great awakening, crediting it with enriching women's lives beyond the duties of home. c. stone refers to the godey's lady's book, explaining that women do not need instruction from men on common chores. d. stone refers to the liberator, attacking the publication and its editor as excluding women from the cause of abolition.

A. Stone refers to the Cult of Domesticity, arguing that it denies women their right to determine their own way in life.

- "the civil rights movements"

- "following the american civil war and abolition of slavery, the united states entered a period known as reconstruction, during which black americans continued to suffer from disenfranchisement, racial segregation, and economic oppression. beginning in the early 1950's, black americans launched a series of major campaigns of civil resistance, emphasizing the need for nonviolent protests and civil disobedience."

"such as the montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56, a campaign launched by rosa parks against the policy of racial segregation of the public transit system in alabama. “sit-ins” became popular across the american south, particularly in greensboro, north carolina, increase national sentiment."

- "the counterculture movement"

- "counterculture began to develop in the united states following the rise of conformity in american culture during the 1950s. by 1963, youth, particularly those of the white middle class, began rejecting the cultural standards and normality of their parents, opting for progressive attitudes instead. the movement gained momentum as the civil rights movement became increasingly successful and as the u.s. military intervention of vietnam began to take a negative turn."

"hippie counterculture moved further into popular culture following the summer of love in 1967 when thousands of people came together in the haight-ashbury neighborhood of san francisco. along with greenwich village in new york city, haight-ashbury became a hub for the counterculture movement."

the anterior pituitary gland produces the following hormones and releases them into the bloodstream: psychotropic hormone, which stimulates the adrenal glands to secrete steroid hormones, principally cortisol. growth hormone, which regulates growth, metabolism and body       hope i