Question

Read this excerpt from “What I Hope to Leave Behind.”

In all the ages there have been people whose hearts have been somehow so touched by the misery of human beings that they wanted to give their lives in some way to alleviate it. We have some examples of women like this today: Lillian Wald and Mary Simkhovitch in New York, Jane Addams in Chicago.

Why does Eleanor Roosevelt refer to these women in her speech?

They were women who became friends with Eleanor Roosevelt.
They were three women who had pursued successful careers.
They were women who agreed to help Eleanor Roosevelt educate the public.
They were well-known examples of women who had worked to help others.

Answer 1

They were well-known examples of women who had worked to help others.

Eleanor Roosevelt names them as illustrations of people whose lives were devoted to alleviating human misery.