By the start of the twenty-first century, american women:

a) received over 40 percent of the advanced degrees in law, business, and medicine. continued to receive fewer college degrees than men.

b) tended to marry at a younger age than the previous generation.

c) experienced rising birth rates.

d) earned more money on average than men.

Option A --

received over 40 percent of the advanced degrees in law, business, and medicine. continued to receive fewer college degrees than men

explanation:

During early 1900s, American women started gaining significant recognition. To that regard, they received two-fifth of the advance degrees in law, business and medicine. Even as at that, the college degrees they received were fewer to that of man's