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Read this excerpt about Elizabeth Van Lew from The Dark Game. She became a spymaster, the person responsible for running a network of agents, couriers, and safe houses that was very active during the war. In addition to the spying, Elizabeth Van Lew continued to maintain her Church Hill home as a safe house and something of a local Union spy headquarters. How does this excerpt develop the central idea that Elizabeth Van Lew helped expand the role of women in society? Check all that apply.

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It states how Van Lew acted as an important leader and manager at a time when women were generally discouraged from taking on those roles.

It shows that Van Lew was dedicated to a cause outside of her family and worked hard for her beliefs.

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"The Dark Game" by Paul Janeczko contains numerous spy stories across the American continent that the US government had done in its secret missions. It also details other spy or confidential secrets of the spy world including cyber espionage and surveillance satellites, involving many nations that America has dealt with.

In the given excerpt from the book, the author talks of Elizabeth Van Lew, a woman spy who overcame societal constrictions when women were expected to stay at home and take care of the household work. She not only became a spymaster, working in secret missions. She also ran a "network of agents, couriers, and safe houses that was very active during the war", while maintaining her "Church Hill home as a safe house and something of a local Union spy headquarters". Through this, she showed her dedication to her work, even beyond her family, and also proves women are capable of doing "outside" work and not be expected to just stay at home, even taking on the roles that only men generally take like being a spy.

Thus, the correct answers are the first and second options.

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