Key the following sentences. Type your own condensed phrase of essential words in the space beneath the sentence. "During those years he became an agent for several colonies . . . "

(From: United States in Literature by Walter Blair, Paul Farmer, Theodore Hornberger, and Margaret Wasson. C. 1963 by Scott, Foresman and Company. Reprinted by permission.)

How does the author use the character of the nurse to develop the social issue of gender inequality? the nurse’s willingness to take care of nora when nora was little demonstrates a woman’s ability to do difficult work. the nurse’s need to give up a child in order to have a job demonstrates a woman’s inability to support herself. the fact that the nurse’s child wrote to her as a young girl and as an adult demonstrates a woman’s ability to keep friends forever. the nurse’s assurance to nora that her children ask for her often demonstrates women’s role in health care.