Answer:
Check the answer and explanations below
Explanation:
The author's purpose is to show how the women and blacks have been able to prove wrong the racist and sexist assumptions of the American Aviation by ensuring that they continue to remain relevant in the aviation industry. The sole aim is to prove that performance is not limited by sex or skin color.
The women and African - Americans did not allow the wrong sexist and racist assumptions upon which the American aviation was based to debar them from making their marks in the aviation industry.
This is evident from the author's statements "American aviation was from its very beginnings marred with sexist and racist assumptions" and "...Yet despite these prevailing prejudices, the dream and the desire to fly stayed alive among women and African-
Americans." and
What do you mean? are we supposed to have read that book or is that something else?
Answer:
identifying important words and phrases
Explanation:
If you identify critical words and phrases, you can essentially narrow down what you want to speak about in your summary as those critical words and phrases carry a heavy weight and highlight the overall theme of the plot.