The working women of Lancashire justified their continued employment by arguing that
a. working women are openly hostile to men encroaching on their jobs.
b. factory work is the only occupation many women can find to earn a living.
c. most women work to supplement their husbands' meager pay.
d. factory work provides women with a means to speak out about inequities in the workplace.
b
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