One Strong Prejudice Inhibiting Women from Obtaining Higher Education in the Early

One strong prejudice inhibiting women from obtaining higher education in the early nineteenth century was the belief that

A) the presence of women would distract men from learning.
B) women would be unable to participate in college athletics.
C) providing college education for women would be a waste since they would spend their lives at home rearing children.
D) no one would donate funds to support women in colleges.
E) too much learning would injure women's brains and ruin their health.