Eleanor Roosevelt-Not Without Her Consent

1B) Which TWO quotations from the passage best support the central idea?

"Eleanor Roosevelt spoke out for those whom society cared less about at a time when women were not supposed to be speaking out at all." ( Paragraph 12) F."Franklin D. Roosevelt died in 1945, and his successor, President Harry S. Truman, appointed Eleanor Roosevelt as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly." ( Paragraph 13)

2B) Which quotation provides the best evidence for the answer to Part A?

"When she wrote magazine articles and expressed her opinions, she was likely to cause uproar. The Los Angeles Times newspaper called for her to be forced to retire from public life, because of her public criticism of the discrimination that Japanese Americans were facing."

1A) Which statement best expresses the central idea in this article?

Eleanor Roosevelt used her role as First Lady to create positive change by living outside the limitations imposed on women of her time and speaking out forcefully against injustice.

2A) How does Ostergaard develop her claim in paragraph 9 that "Eleanor wanted to redefine the role of First Lady, a controversial move for women at the time"?

She gives several examples of the activities Eleanor engaged in that were atypical for women, and the negative response she received from many Americans.