Question

PLEASE HELP!
Interpret the common message contained in Marge Piercy's and Walt Whitman's poems. (1 point)

-Manual "blue-collar" laborers have benefits not experienced by "white-collar" workers who only work intellectually.
-Honest work is good for a person emotionally, physically, and mentally.
-A person's heritage is part of his or her values.
-Useful objects and useful people share one thing in common: genuine need.

Answer 1

Summarize the author's intentions in writing "Fabric of Their Lives." (1 point)

-Wallach wrote to convey—through the history of their quilting—the societal changes undergone by the African American women in the South, and how their history influenced the construction and design of the quilts.
-Wallach wrote to express her sense of outrage at the poverty and lack of opportunity experienced by the African American women in the town of Gee's Bend, Alabama.
-Wallach wrote to establish a historical record of the artform of African American quilts made in the South.
-Wallach wrote to give her support to the civil rights movement through eyewitness accounts and detailed descriptions of vernacular art.

Answer 2

Please help. These are the only two questions I can't figure out. I am asking for help as a last resort here.