It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that study of Saint-Simoniani
A.would clarify the ideological origins of those feminist ideas that influenced American feminism
B.would increase understanding of a movement that deeply influenced the utopian socialism of early American feminists
C.would focus attention on the most important aspect of Saint-Simonian thought before 1832
D.promises to offer insight into a movement that was a direct outgrowth of the Seneca Falls conference of 1848