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"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? Stone refers to the Cult of Domesticity, arguing that it denies women their right to determine their own way in life. Stone refers to the Second Great Awakening, crediting it with enriching women's lives beyond the duties of home. Stone refers to the Godey's Lady's Book, explaining that women do not need instruction from men on common chores. Stone refers to The Liberator, attacking the publication and its editor as excluding women from the cause of abolit

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Based on the given excerpt above, the statement that best connects the excerpt to cultural developments the author witnessed is this:  Stone refers to the Cult of Domesticity, arguing that it denies women their right to determine their own way in life. The answer would be the first statement. Hope this helps.