Refer to your Expeditions in Reading book and Hidden Figures for complete versions
of these texts. Read the excerpt from “Mary Jackson Biography.”
Mary retired from Langley in 1985. Among her many honors were an Apollo Group Achievement Award, and being named Langley’s Volunteer of the Year in 1976. She served as the chair of one of the center’s annual United Way campaigns, was a Girl Scout troop leader for more than three decades, and a member of the National Technical Association (the oldest African American technical organization in the
United States).
Alex wants to explain why working with the Girl Scouts was important to Mary Jackson.
Which quotation from Hidden Figures could best be integrated with the information from “Mary Jackson Biography” to achieve this?
A. “She took the girls on three-mile hikes and field trips to the crab factory to learn more about what their parents did for work.”
B. “The organization’s commitment to preparing women to take their place in the world with the mission of respect for God and country, and of honesty and loyalty, embodied Mary’s core beliefs.”
C. “It was a sight the girls never forgot: an impeccable black staff in a fabulous house, serving a black family.”
D. “She took them to an afternoon tea at the Hampton Institute Mansion House, where the college’s president and his family lived.”
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