Read the excerpt from "georgia o'keeffe: modernist pioneer." after graduating, georgia studied at the art institute of chicago and the art students league in new york. she began by painting still lifes and received a scholarship. in spite of this award, georgia was bored. her paintings were too much like other works of art. she wanted to make something different, although she didn’t yet know what it was. why does the author most likely include details about o'keeffe's life just after she graduated from chatham institute? to describe the time she decided to be an artist to show why she decided to paint cityscapes to emphasize her creative and determined spirit to highlight the way she used her education

Armed with invisible ink, a cipher system, and a passion to end the war and preserve the union, elizabeth van lew became butler's eyes and ears in the confederate capital city. truth be told, however, she became much more than that. she became a spymaster, the person responsible for running a network of agents, couriers, and safe houses that was very active during the war. in addition to the spying, elizabeth van lew continued to maintain her church hill home as a safe house and something of a local union spy headquarters. —the dark game, paul janeczko what is the central idea of this passage? van lew’s home was used as a safe house, which was critical to the confederacy. van lew had a passion to end the war and preserve the union. van lew was a spymaster, a leading force in the espionage activities for the union. van lew did not enjoy working for general butler.