Review the images related to the Palmer Memorial Institute, founded in 1902 in North Carolina, and answer the question.
Two photographs - The first photograph shows Charlotte Hawkins Brown, an African American woman, with the caption Charlotte Hawkins Brown founded the Palmer Memorial Institute as a boarding school for African American women. As principal, she put in place a curriculum that focused on academic subjects and useful skills. The second photograph shows two young African American women holding socks and sewing them with the caption at the Palmer Memorial Institute, African American women learned practical and industrial skills, like sewing and the making of textiles.
What strategy did Charlotte Hawkins Brown use to advance education for African American women in North Carolina?
A.
She established a school that provided women with knowledge and skills necessary to be self-sufficient.
B.
She established a school that supported the importance of racial segregation in education.
C.
She established a school that encouraged protesting unfair laws using acts of civil disobedience.
D.
She established a school that focused only on academic instruction for African American women
