What did catalogs from companies such as Sears and Roebuck do A. create ads that were intended to interest women
B. allowed rural families to become consumers
C. encourage people to shop in cities
D. show people to product Edison was inventing

B.allowed rural families to become consumers

Explanation:

A. is not the correct answer. Sears Roebuck & Co. was meant for everyone, not just women.

B. is the right answer. With the option of mail order through the catalog and things being shipped directly, people from all around the country could be customers. With this, even people in rural areas could become consumers as they did not have to travel in order to shop, and the wast possibilities for shopping were more approachable to them by these catalogs.

C. is not the right answer. Catalogs opened the possibility of ordering things by mail and shopping from home.

D. is not the correct answer. Edison’s inventions and products were not the focus of the catalogs.