1. Read Peggy Pascoe’s “Ophelia Paquet, a Tillamook of Oregon, Challenges Misceg

1. Read Peggy Pascoe’s “Ophelia Paquet, a Tillamook of Oregon, Challenges Miscegenation Laws,” pp. 283-288 in Part III in Women’s America: Refocusing the Past in Course Reserves. 2. Write a 50 to 100-word answer to the question below. Write in complete sentences. Your answer must exhibit polish (correct spelling and grammar) and at least one direct citation or paraphrase from this week’s reading. III. Questions: Ophelia’s story illuminates various issues women faced until the Supreme Court eventually invalidated miscegenation laws in Loving v. Virginia (1967). Choose one from the list below and explain how Ophelia’s story sheds light on that specific issue: 1. Purpose of miscegenation laws. 2. The role of marriage in the transmission of property. 3. The “invisibility” of married women’s economic contribution and coverture. 4. Intersectionality: the way race and class can compound gender disadvantages. 5. Race as property. The author argues that “race is in and of itself a kind of property.” (p. 285). Explain how Ophelia’s experience reflects or challenges this perspective.