Read the passage from "the pursuit of happiness"

the woman on the far side of the desk looks at the floor,
her head full of ireland
and the potatoes that blackened and curled and rotted away.
we grew only sadness there
she wants to say.
but this she whispers instead:
"i have come to work as a chambermaid”
and the important person stamps her papers without hearing the rest.
"to scrub floors and wash linens until my hands are red and raw,
and i have polished happiness for my child
so she can become a teacher
with hands the color of cream.”

which excerpt from the poem best supports the overall theme?

and the important person stamps her papers without hearing the rest.
and the potatoes that blackened and curled and rotted away.
so she can become a teacher / with hands the color of cream.
the woman on the far side of the desk looks at the floor

Read the paragraph. theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reform. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the wealthy and powerful corporations and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities. which sentence is the thesis of this paragraph? theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reforms. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the people and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities.