Question #6403625Single Choice

Writing and Reading

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Esther cut the basic design for the individual valentines, and the assembled group carefully copied each card. Each young lady was assigned a special task; one cut out pictures and kept them assorted in boxes and another made the backgrounds, passing them to yet another worker who gave the card further embellishment. By the end of 1849 Esther Howland had fully launched her valentine business and perfected her “assembly line technique. At least during the early years of her business, Ms. Howland reportedly inspected every valentine produced by the women in her family workroom.

Which choice best introduces the information presented in the paragraph?

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It is estimated that annual US retail sales of greeting cards are more than $7.5 billion, with Valentine's Day the second-most-popular occasion.

A room was set aside on the third floor of the Howlands' Summer Street residence, Esther gathered a group of friends to assist in filling her orders, and a valentine business was born.

Perhaps we should credit Esther Howland rather than Henry Ford with the development of mass production.

Esther Howland was born in 1828 in Worcester, Massachusetts, and her father was a successful stationer and bookseller of the firm S.A. Howland & Sons.

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