Read the following excerpt from a room of one's own by virginia woolf: occasionally an individual woman is mentioned, an elizabeth, or a mary; a queen or a great lady. but by no possible means could middle-class women with nothing but brains and character at their command have taken part in any one of the great movements which, brought together, constitute the historian's view of the past. which statement best states the idea that this excerpt to develop?

a. women have been historically held back from greatness.
b. women's contributions have been erased from history.
c. women have traditionally been encouraged to write about their lives.
d. women's lives have been deliberately left out of historical record.

The correct answer is option A ("Women have been historically held back from greatness").

In this excerpt Woolf expresses her discontent with the fact that throughout history, mentions of women's accomplishments are a kind of an anomaly. She states that very rarely the name of a woman is brought to attention by historians, and infinitely more rare would be to learn about a middle class woman's endeavors when it comes to the intellectual field. Woolf notices how it doesn't matter how smart or strong willed a woman is, her development will be held back by a male-dominated society and stop her from achieving greatness.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

answer: first person

explanation: