Question

read the passage. jane addams was an advocate for womens suffrage, a reformer, an author, and the first american woman to be awarded the nobel peace prize. from jane addamss speech 1 i dont believe in urging a man to vote against his convictions. i dont even believe in trying too hard to persuade him by using that moral compulsion which moralists exert when they are feeling especially moral. but the women should have votes to represent themselves. the problems of our time will be solved only when all of the best mind, conscience and talent in the community are brought to their solution. 2 i do not believe in bringing too great pressure to bear on men, even if they do think so much more of opening a tunnel in the city than of improved tenements. let them have their tunnel; let us have the mans point of view, but let these other peoples point of view be represented also. 3 we are no longer called upon to deal with the great abstractions of the eighteenth century. we must have the humbler task of pushing forward the utilitarian side, but the utilitarian side in its highest sense. when people realize that the highest interests of the city cannot be secured and preserved except by the co - operation of men and women in government, i think we shall be surprised by the quick way in which the franchise will come to our hands. (from jane addamss speech by jane addams in the womans journal, volume 42, issue 23, june 17, 1911) this question has two parts. answer part a, and then answer part b. part a what is the authors main claim in the passage? 1. women are the only people who can solve the most pressing problems facing the country. 2. men will continue to refuse to allow women to vote as long as they are pressured to do so. 3. modern problems are far different from those faced by men and women in the previous century. 4. progress can be made only when the perspectives of both men and women are represented in government. part b which detail from the passage best supports the correct answer from part a? 1. i dont even believe in trying too hard to persuade him by using that moral compulsion which moralists exert when they,

Explanation:

In Part A, the passage emphasizes that problems can be solved when the best of the community (including both men and women) contribute, and progress in government requires cooperation of men and women, which aligns with option 4. For Part B, the statement about the highest interests of the city being secured only by the co - operation of men and women in government supports the idea in Part A's correct answer.

Answer:

Part A: 4. Progress can be made only when the perspectives of both men and women are represented in government.
Part B: "When people realize that the highest interests of the city cannot be secured and preserved except by the co - operation of men and women in government."