What does it mean to say that some professions became “feminized” in the late 1800s?

A) Women were much better at certain jobs, such as nursing, and began to dominate those fields.
B) Men were no longer capable of doing certain jobs, since they were needed in industrial jobs, so women took their places.
C) Only married women were allowed to work at certain jobs since unmarried women would be leaving their jobs eventually to get married.
D) As more women took jobs in certain fields, men left them, and this lowered the status of these professions.
E) Many women began to get work as lawyers, doctors, and ministers, and Americans began to accept women in these kinds of work.


Answer: D

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