PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “few Americans had ever heard of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, or any of the women who worked as ‘computers’ behind the scenes of the space race in the 1960s.” (Paragraph 1)
B. “In 1962, John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, specifically requested that Johnson do all the calculations for his famous orbital mission.” (Paragraph 7)
C. “By 1979, Jackson had reached the highest level of the engineering department, but she grew frustrated that she was not promoted beyond that to a managerial position.” (Paragraph 17)
D. “Each of these three women played a unique role in promoting the equality of African American women in the workplace.” (Paragraph 18)