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Part A

Which statement is a main idea of “Dorothy Vaughn Biography”?

A. Engineers at NACA prefer to work with Dorothy over all of the other female mathematicians.

B. A group of women, led by Dorothy, demand fair wages for both African American and white women at NASA.

C. Dorothy believes that her time with NACA will be short, and she will return to working in education.

D. Dorothy leads the way for other African American women to make important contributions while working for NASA.

Part B

Which quotation from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

A. “Engineers valued her recommendations as to the best "girls" for a particular project, and for challenging assignments they often requested that she personally handle the work.”

B. “Vaughan was a steadfast advocate for the women of West Computing, and even intervened on behalf of white computers in other groups who deserved promotions or pay raises.”

C. “Her legacy lives on in the successful careers of notable West Computing alumni, including Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, Eunice Smith and Kathryn Peddrew…”

D. “…leaving her position as the math teacher at Robert Russa Moton High School in Farmville, VA to take what she believed would be a temporary war job.”