The use of women in the nursing profession met resistance largely because __________
A) women were too physically weak for such work
B) it was considered a job only disreputable women would do
C) women were not used to tending the sick
D) wounded soldiers resented them
Answer: B
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A. autonomous B. bodyguards C. more mobile, including heavy cavalry D. more stable, including permanent defensive trenches E. nation builders
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a. Port Arthur. b. Hokkaido. c. the Spratly Islands. d. Hong Kong. e. North Vietnam.