Read this excerpt from "Midnight Ride." Paul Revere developed a plan to alert the townspeople across the Charles River of the British approach. He would hang one lantern in a church steeple if the British took the land route, or he would hang two lanterns ir the British took to the water, Based on this information, what can a reader infer about the author's purpose in the description of waiting for the belfry signal in "Paul Revere's Ride"? Support your answer with details from the text.​

How does the author use the character of the nurse to develop the social issue of gender inequality? the nurse’s willingness to take care of nora when nora was little demonstrates a woman’s ability to do difficult work. the nurse’s need to give up a child in order to have a job demonstrates a woman’s inability to support herself. the fact that the nurse’s child wrote to her as a young girl and as an adult demonstrates a woman’s ability to keep friends forever. the nurse’s assurance to nora that her children ask for her often demonstrates women’s role in health care.