What effect did the emergence of wage labor and the specialization of occupations and professions have on gender roles in the 19th-century United States?

a. Wage labor had different effects depending on the intersection of gender, class, and race.
b. Men and women were both sent to work in factories, disrupting previously established gender roles of the male breadwinner and the female homemaker.
c. Women were driven to work in factories specializing in fabrics, clothing, and other household goods, while men were expected to make sure the children worked outside the home.
d. The men were driven to work outside the home in factories, while the women took on household duties.


a. Wage labor had different effects depending on the intersection of gender, class, and race.

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