The women who came to Lowell for mill jobs were
A) recruited only after owners failed to locate sufficient immigrant workers.
B) eager for permanent work and opportunities for advancement.
C) the first women to labor outside their homes in large numbers.
D) attempting to escape conditions of desperate poverty at home.
Answer: C
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