Question

The contract which such a girl signs at the southern port makes her agree to serve from one to two months without pay after arrival. Her personal effects are consigned directly to the agent, and she is met at the dock by the runner of the agency. They come in good faith. These green country girls and their ruin begins when the runner meets them at the new york wharf. He gets what he can of their money and jewels, the lodging house agency makes what it can for board and storing baggage, and not only that, but the girl is induced, and often compelled, to furnish addresses of friends in the south, so that they, too, may be brought up by the agent. When she is alone, friendless, penniless, $18.50 in debt, and her trunk in the agent’s basement, (this association knows one basement where 50 to 100 are thus kept to insure the girls’ return to that office when they are out of work, and sometimes they are not permitted to even get their clothes until they agree to leave a place and pay another fee), can it be said that she is a free agent to choose her employment? When she sleeps, sometimes four in a bed, in a room with half a dozen people and there is no friendly interest in her, no friendly hand held out to her, no motive in placing her except greed for gain, is there any escape? From "the problem of the young girl from the south" by frances kellor what obstacles did a young african american woman face in turn-of-the-century new york? Working without pay being without friends giving up her personal belongings sharing living space with six others having money stolen being forced to give up the addresses of friends back home.

According to the passage, what obstacles did a young African American woman face in turn-of-the-century New York?

A) Working without pay

B) Being without friends

C) Giving up her personal belongings

D) Sharing living space with six others

E) Having money stolen

F) Being forced to give up the addresses of friends back home

G) All of the above

Answer 1

The obstacles faced by a young African American woman in turn-of-the-century New York, as described in the passage, included working without pay, social isolation, loss of personal belongings, overcrowded living conditions, theft of money and valuables, and being compelled to provide contacts for further exploitation. The correct answer is option G) All of the above

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the passage, a young African American woman faced numerous obstacles in turn-of-the-century New York.

These included G) All of the above: A) Working without pay, indicating an exploitative labor practice where she would not receive compensation for her work for a certain period; B) Being without friends, highlighting the social isolation that made her vulnerable; C) Giving up her personal belongings, referring to the loss of her personal effects to the agency; D) Sharing living space with six others, pointing out overcrowded and likely uncomfortable living conditions; E) Having money stolen, where any savings or valuables she possessed were taken by unscrupulous individuals; and F) Being forced to give up the addresses of friends back home,

which shows a further breach of her privacy and autonomy as well as a method to expand the exploitative practices to other potential victims.