THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE PROGRESSIVES
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Because she worked to get money for schools
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Because she created great works of art
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Because she made very good grades in college
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -She helped pass laws to make sure people could go to school. She believed that education was the key to a better life. Rangel received many awards and honors for her work. She is in the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame.
Detailed explanation-2: -She developed deep convictions about helping women and minorities in her community, and in 1976 she began a successful grass-roots campaign for state representative. She credited her victory largely to the support of women migrant workers. Irma L. Rangel died March 18, 2003.
Detailed explanation-3: -Irma Rangel, in 1976, was the first Mexican American woman elected to the Texas House of Representatives. After graduating from Texas A&I in 1952, she became a teacher in Venezuela. In 1964, she returned to the U.S. to teach in California, where she wrote a book, How To Teach Spanish in the Elementary Grades.
Detailed explanation-4: -She secured $450 million in 1993 for the South Texas Border Initiative, designed to help equalize funding for higher education institutes along the border. Rangel became the chair of the Higher Education Committee in 1995, a position she held until her death in 2003.