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When the history of women began to receive focused attention in the 29 Jan 2023, 03:54
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I am not sure if there was a clear feminist movement but when I read it again, it kind of made sense
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Sorry, I don't really understand what you're asking here (or, indeed, whether you're asking anything).
If you're asking a question about something that's still unclear to you here, could you please clarify your question more explicitly? Thank you.
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Thanks! But I could not make the connection as you did here between the two authors. Could you please provide any suggestions to improve this aspect of reading comprehension?
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Sir kindly explain Question#2
Sorry for the delay on this one!

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2. Which of the following studies would proceed in a way most similar to the way in which, according to the passage. Scharf's book interprets Eleanor Roosevelt's career?

(A) An exploration of the activities of a wealthy social reformer in terms of the ideals held by the reformer
(B) A history of the leaders of a political party which explained how the conflicting aims of its individual leaders thwarted and diverted the activities of each leader
(C) An account of the legislative career of a conservative senator which showed his goals to have been derived from a national conservative movement of which the senator was a part
(D) A biography of a famous athlete which explained her high level of motivation in terms of the kind of family in which she grew up
(E) A history of the individuals who led the movement to end slavery in the United States which attributed the movement's success to the efforts of those exceptional individuals
In Lash's biography, Eleanor "appeared to be an idiosyncratic figure, somehow self-generated not amenable to any generalized explanation. She emerged from the biography as a mother to the entire nation, or as a busybody, but hardly as a social type, a figure comprehensible in terms of broader social developments."

The language here is pretty tough, but the point is that, according to Lash's biography, Eleanor's actions were NOT part of broader social developments/trends or of a general pattern. Instead, according to Lash, Eleanor's actions were relatively unique (idiosyncratic) at the time.

The author then CONTRASTS Lash's biography with more recent work, which "allows us to see Roosevelt in a different light". For example, Lois Scharf depicts "a generation of privileged women" whose views and lives were CONSISTENT with Eleanor's. Thanks to the recent work, "Roosevelt’s activities... have become intelligible in terms of this social context rather than as the idiosyncratic career of a famous man’s wife."

To summarize, Lash's biography depicts Eleanor as anomaly--someone's whose career was idiosyncratic (singular/unique). Scharf, on the other, depicts Eleanor's life in terms of broader social developments--in terms of more general social trends.

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(C) An account of the legislative career of a conservative senator which showed his goals to have been derived from a national conservative movement of which the senator was a part
The senator's career is NOT depicted as singular or idiosyncratic. Instead, the senator's career is explained as part of a broader, more general movement. This is parallel to Scharf's depiction of Eleanor, so (C) is the correct answer.
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Thanks! But I could not make the connection as you did here between the two authors. Could you please provide any suggestions to improve this aspect of reading comprehension?
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Our explanation of question #2 (found here for those who missed it) is a good example of how reading for structure and purpose can help.

The passage starts by describing one author's biography and then transitions to a description of a different biography by a different author: "But more recent work on the feminism of the post-suffrage years (following 1920) allows us to see Roosevelt in a different light and to bring her life into a more richly detailed context." The parts in bold are clues that the author is going to contrast the two biographies.

There's no short answer to your question of how to "improve this aspect of reading comprehension," but our RC Guide for Beginners is a good start and elaborates on how reading for structure and purpose can help.

I hope that helps!
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