Question

Studies continue to prove that if a girl stays in school she will strengthen her family, community, and nation. A long list of benefits of educating a girl in a developing country compiled by the World Health Organization includes later marriages, smaller families, better hygiene, greatly increased likelihood that further children will receive education, and my favorite – greater confidence. A bicycle is a simple, sustainable tool that eases long travel distances and encourages girls to stay in school.
—Foreword to Wheels of Change,
Leah Missbach Day
What is the central idea of this passage from the foreword?

Answer 1

The main idea is that regardless if a girl is wealthy or not- they must get the education they deserve to obtain knowledge, thinking and comprehension of studies such as Math and Science. Thus, a poor girl who stays in school with provide community work for her family, bring food to the table by working in the setting she is in that will strengthen and obtain her family's survival and more importantly her survival (food, water, shelter.)

Answer 2

Bicycles provide independence for women by enabling their education.