Question

from the young breadwinners
1 if the mothers and the teachers in georgia could vote, would the georgia legislature have refused at every session for the last three years to stop the work in the mills of children under 12 years of age?
2 would the new jersey legislature have passed that shameful repeal bill concerning girls of 14 years to work all night, if the mothers in new jersey were enfranchised? until the mothers in the great industrial states are enfranchised none of us be able to free our consciences from participation in this great evil. no one in this room tonight can feel free from such participation. the children make our shoes in the shoe factories; they knit our stockings... in the cotton mills. children braid straw for our hats, they spin and weave the silk and cotton wherewith we trim our hats. they stamp buckles and metal ornaments of all kinds, as well as pins and hat pins. under the sweating system, tiny children make artificial flowers and neckwear for us to buy. they carry bundles of merchandise from the factories to the tenements, little beasts of burden, robbed of
this question has two parts. answer part a, and then answer part b.
part a
what is the author’s main claim?

1. women want to be the ones to work in manufacturing.
2. children who work in factories are not able to do certain jobs.
3. children who work in manufacturing deserve better circumstances.
4. women would not allow children to work if they had the right to vote.

part b

Explanation:

Part A

The text discusses mothers and teachers (women) wanting the right to vote to stop child labor. The author's main claim relates to women's right to vote affecting child labor laws. Option 4 says "Women would not allow children to work if they had the right to vote", which aligns with the idea that enfranchising women (giving them the right to vote) would let them free their consciences from participating in child labor - enabling them to stop it. Other options: 1 is about women working in manufacturing (not main claim), 2 is about children not suited for jobs (not the main point), 3 is about children deserving better (not the core argument here).

Answer:

1. Women would not allow children to work if they had the right to vote

Part B (Assuming Part B asks to support Part A's answer, though the image cuts off. If it's about evidence, we can use the text: "If the mothers and the teachers in Georgia could vote, would the Georgia Legislature have refused at every session for the last three years to stop the work in the mills of children under 12 years of age?" and descriptions of child labor in factories, showing that with voting rights, women (mothers/teachers) would act to stop it. But since Part B's exact question isn't clear, if it's a follow - up to support the main claim, the evidence would be the examples of child labor (making shoes, braiding straw, etc.) and the implication that women with the vote would end such practices as seen in the New Jersey Legislature example and the Georgia Legislature's refusal when women couldn't vote. If you can clarify Part B's question, a more precise answer can be given. For now, based on typical Part B for this Part A, the supporting idea is that the text shows child labor is prevalent (children work in shoe factories, make hats, etc.) and that women's voting rights are linked to stopping this, as seen in the legislative refusal when women couldn't vote.