Read the following paragraph. How does sentence 3 develop the main idea of the paragraph? (5 points)

1.Gertrude Belle Elion was born on Jan. 23, 1918, in New York City.
2.She graduated from Hunter College in New York City with a degree in biochemistry in 1937.
3.Unable to obtain a graduate research position because she was a woman, she took a series of jobs, including lab assistant, chemistry and physics teacher in New York City high schools, and research chemist.
4.During this time she also took classes at New York University, where she earned a master's degree in 1941.
5.Because she could not devote herself to full-time studies, Elion never received a doctorate.
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Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman: which statement best explains how the structure of the passage supports the author's purpose? a. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur to highlight how nature conquers human civilization. b. the passage shows that natural forces such as an absence of predators and an increase in the squirrel population can lead to destructive results. c. the passage shows that natural forms such as an absence of predators and human hunters can lead to the reforestation of new york city. d. the passage identifies how two natural forces are co-dependent - the deforestation of new york and the extinction of squirrels.