Which of these statements does not describe women's experience as workers in defense plants?
A) They were nicknamed "Rosie the Riveter."
B) Women were told by the government that it was their "patriotic duty" to work in war industries.
C) Most of the war workers were single and under age thirty.
D) Their jobs included traditional men's work of tending blast furnaces, operating cranes, welding and shipbuilding.
E) Many women were forced into women-only jobs, and those in manufacturing earned 65% of what men earned.
C
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