Question

Read the excerpt from Suffragists' "Great Demand" Banner.

The desire to document the women’s suffrage movement at the Smithsonian began in 1918 when members of NAWSA offered to donate a portrait of Susan B. Anthony by Sarah J. Eddy. The Smithsonian’s art gallery passed on it; the history division opined that it wasn’t interested. In 1919, with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, the Smithsonian accepted the portrait, along with other items belonging to Anthony and the suffrage movement.

Which sentence accurately describes the sequence of events?
The art gallery at the Smithsonian was very interested in a portrait of Susan B. Anthony when it was donated in 1918.
Suffrage items with historical importance were once rejected by the Smithsonian, but later accepted after women were given voting rights.
Sarah J. Eddy painted a portrait of Susan B. Anthony because the Smithsonian was interested in documenting women’s suffrage.
The history division of the Smithsonian offered to purchase Anthony’s portrait in 1919 but was rejected.

Answer 1

The answer is:

Suffrage items with historical importance were once rejected by the Smithsonian, but later accepted after women were given voting rights.

In the excerpt from Suffragists' "Great Demand" Banner, the author deals with the Smithsonian's museum first refusal to acquire a donation of a Susan B. Anthony's portrait by Sarah J. Eddy. Nevertheless, the contribution and other items which belonged to Anthony were welcome once women were allowed to vote.