Why did factory owners use women as workers in the early factory system?
a. Religious beliefs stressed the necessity for women to work to win salvation.
b. Using women as workers would ultimately decrease the rapid growth of the population.
c. Women held up better under the harsh conditions of factory life.
d. Women could be paid less than men.
e. Most men were in military service.
d
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