How did the Ford Motor Company's introduction of the family wage help construct the idea of the traditional family?
a.) It encouraged people to have large families because the more children a family had, the higher the wages they received.
b.) It encouraged formerly working wives to stay at home because the family wage was higher than if both the husband and wife worked for Ford.
c.) It encouraged men to marry and have children, as the wage was not available to single men or married men without children.
d.) It encouraged all members of the family to join the workforce at Ford Motor Company.
Answer: c.) It encouraged men to marry and have children, as the wage was not available to single men or married men without children.
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