GRE Reading Comprehension: ETS-GRE阅读ETS - 25QA3DHMW4VY06D77

Which one of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage? A. As notions of property and democracy changed in late seventeenth-and eighteenth-century England, marriage settlements began to incorporate contractual features designed to protect women's property rights. B. Traditional historians have incorrectly identified the contractual features that were incorporated into marriage contracts in late seventeenth-and eighteenth-century England. C. The incorporation of contractual features into marriage settlements in late seventeen-and eighteenth-century England did not represent a significant gain of women. D. An examination of late seventeenth-and eighteenth-century English court cases indicates that most marriage settlements did not incorporate contractual features designed to protect women's property rights. E. Before marriage settlements incorporated contractual features protecting women's property rights, women were unable to gain any financial power in England.