Women's Opportunities for Employment as Teachers Increased During the Common-School

Women's opportunities for employment as teachers increased during the common-school era primarily because

A) women were more likely to seek justice for children's transgressions.
B) it was believed that the predominant female characteristic was reason rather than affection.
C) it was believed that women were by nature fundamentally different from men but superior in rational faculties.
D) women's loving discipline would provide them easier access to the inner psyche of the students.