alleryWhat changed for Samoan girls in the 1920s as teenagers?
ASent to boarding schools
BThey stopped all housework
CMarried to older men
DThey gained much more freedom
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. They gained much more freedom
1. Younger Samoan girls looked after small children and did errands for adults.
2. Once they became teenagers they had much more freedom, going on fishing trips and working in plantations.
3. There was no school, and household work did not stop, so the other options fail.
_Source: NCERT Class 7 Social and Political Life, Growing up as Boys and Girls, Growing up in Samoa in the 1920s_
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