Question

1 i am betty friedan and i am a writer. i wrote a book called the feminine mystique, and i am here to testify before this committee to oppose judge carswells appointment as supreme court justice on the basis of his proven insensitivity to the problems of 51 percent of u.s. citizens who are women, and especially his explicit¹ discrimination in a circuit court decision in 1969 against working mothers. 2 i speak in my capacity as national president of the national organization for women (now), which has led the exploding new movement in this country for \full equality for women in truly equal partnership with men,\ and which was organized in 1966 to take action to break through discrimination against women in employment, in education, in government, and in all fields of american life. 3 on october 13, 1969, ... judge carswell was party to a most unusual judiciary² action which would permit employers in defiance of the law of the land ... to refuse to hire women who have children. 4 the case involved mrs. ida phillips, who was refused employment by a corporation as an aircraft assembler trainee, because she has preschool age children, although the company said it would hire a man with preschool age children. 5 this case was considered as a clear - cut violation of the law which forbids job discrimination on grounds of sex as well as race. the equal employment opportunity commission ... filed an amicus brief³ on behalf of mrs. phillips. an earlier opinion of the drag a phrase to each box to make a correct statement about the passage. friedan’s main purpose for introducing the case involving was to give an example of mrs. ida phillips chief judge brown a situation in which carswell ruled badly a defendant who received a just ruling by carswell

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the passage:

1. The first blank in "Friedan’s main purpose for introducing the case involving ______" should be the person in the case. From the passage (paragraph 4), the case involved Mrs. Ida Phillips.
2. The second blank after "was to give an example of ______" should relate to Carswell’s bad ruling. The passage states Carswell’s decision was against working mothers (discrimination), so "a situation in which Carswell ruled badly" fits.

Filling the Blanks:

• First box (after "involving"): Mrs. Ida Phillips
• Second box (after "example of"): a situation in which Carswell ruled badly

So the completed statement is: Friedan’s main purpose for introducing the case involving Mrs. Ida Phillips was to give an example of a situation in which Carswell ruled badly.

Answer:

To solve this, we analyze the passage:

1. The first blank in "Friedan’s main purpose for introducing the case involving ______" should be the person in the case. From the passage (paragraph 4), the case involved Mrs. Ida Phillips.
2. The second blank after "was to give an example of ______" should relate to Carswell’s bad ruling. The passage states Carswell’s decision was against working mothers (discrimination), so "a situation in which Carswell ruled badly" fits.

Filling the Blanks:

• First box (after "involving"): Mrs. Ida Phillips
• Second box (after "example of"): a situation in which Carswell ruled badly

So the completed statement is: Friedan’s main purpose for introducing the case involving Mrs. Ida Phillips was to give an example of a situation in which Carswell ruled badly.