Question

review the way that florence kelley describes painful scenes.
tonight while we sleep, several thousand little girls will be working in textile mills, all the night through, in the deafening noise of the spindles and the looms spinning and weaving cotton and wool, silks and ribbons for us to buy....
a girl of six or seven years, just tall enough to reach the bobbins, may work eleven hours by day or by night. and they will do so tonight, while we sleep....
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, our knitted underwear in the knitting factories. they spin and weave our cotton underwear in the cotton mills. children braid straw for our hats, they spin and weave the silk and velvet 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 garments from the factories to the tenements, little beasts of burden, robbed of school life that they may work for us.
we do not wish this. we prefer to have our work done by men and women. but we are almost powerless. not wholly powerless, however, are citizens who enjoy the right of petition. for myself, i shall use this power in every possible way until the right to the ballot is granted, and then i shall continue to use both.
adapted from florence kelley, speech before the convention of the national american suffrage association
how does this strategy help florence kelley bring awareness to the predicament of working children?
it makes the audience feel resigned toward the situation.
it highlights the childrens skill at spinning and weaving.
it inspires the audience by demonstrating childrens resilience.
it makes the audience feel guilty that children are working in factories.

Explanation:

Kelley describes children working long hours in factories making items for adults (like shoes, stockings). She says "No one in this room...can feel free from such participation" which directly connects the audience to the children's labor. By showing that the audience benefits from children's work (e.g., "they make our shoes", "they knit our stockings"), it creates a sense of guilt. The other options are incorrect:

• "Resigned" is wrong because she also mentions citizens have the "right of petition" (so not powerless/resigned).
• "Skill at spinning and weaving" is a minor detail, not the main strategy to bring awareness.
• "Inspires by resilience" - the tone is more about the unfairness (children as "little beasts of burden, robbed of school life") rather than praising resilience.

Answer:

It makes the audience feel guilty that children are working in factories.