Read the following passage:
it was only after i stopped wishing for tom to come back
home that i realized how much better off i was without
him. i think that when you're in the middle of a situation
and it's all you see in front of you each day, it's hard to
picture any other possibility. i'd been telling myself that this
life was just fine because i thought i was stuck with it and
had no other choice.
what is most likely the purpose of the passage?

Read the excerpt from suffragists' "great demand" banner. in 1917, more than one thousand women stood before the white house in a cold, pouring rain, holding silent vigil to demand a constitutional amendment to extend the vote to them. their quest to be enfranchised by law was known at the time as the great demand. the smithsonian's great demand banner, as it came to be called, declares in bold words and style the determination of the women who made and carried it. their campaign on behalf of women sought to move america one step closer to fulfilling the nation's long-deferred promise of equality under the law. which statements about this excerpt are correct? check all that apply.