Against All Odds (p. 146-148)

Based on the following text, describe what type of person Washington was in one word.

"In 1872, he developed this disease and was unable to move easily or visit the construction sites throughout the rest of the project. Other people would have quit at that point, but not Washington. He continued to supervise the bridge building for years by watching it through a telescope from his bedroom."

Read the page 145-146 again. Then, make a title for those two pages.

Choose the sentence that mentions Emily Roebling's role in bridge building. (How did she help her husband after he fell ill?)

How did Emily Roebling acquire knowledge related to bridge building? Choose all the answers.

• She picked up the information while giving and taking the construction reports.

• She was a self-taught engineer from childhood.

• She studied math and engineering with the help of his husgand.

• She attended math and engineering school after marriage.

"By the time the bridge was finished in 1883, Emily was carrying out many of the chief engineer’s duties, which was unprecedented for a woman in those days."

Why do you think Emily's work was unprecedented for a woman at that time?

What did the Roebling family prove by completing the Brooklyn Bridge?

• That engineering is easy

• That persistence can overcome obstacles

• That bridges are unnecessary

• That only men can build bridges