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3 February, 12:22

Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.

Esther Lobetkin, a recent immigrant, became chairman of her Yiddish-speaking group, marching with the strikers by day, then rushing to Clinton Hall to report and attend meetings until the small hours of the morning. A sandwich at midnight and an hour of sleep were all she seemed to need. Although she was arrested time and again, she never failed to yell from the back of the patrol wagon, "Do not lose courage! We'll win yet!"

Which best states the author's purpose for naming and describing Esther Lobetkin in the text?

to challenge ideas about a historical person

to bring a person from history to life

to connect the past to the present

to show what it was like to work in a factory