Which of the following statements is not true regarding women in Europe during World War I?
a. They entered the industrial workforce in unprecedented numbers.
b. They attained wage equality with men in those industrial jobs that men had monopolized prior to the war.
c. They were removed from their war-time employment at war's end.
d. They were able to strengthen their movements for greater social and political rights.
e. They were employed in a wide variety of traditionally 'male' jobs.
Answer: ;b. They attained wage equality with men in those industrial jobs that men had monopolized prior to the war.
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