Which answer best describes why factory owners often hired women and children in the 1800s?
They wanted to prevent men from leaving their jobs to work at the factories.
They wanted to let families work at the same jobs to help keep them strong.
They wanted to hire people who work for the lowest wages to increase profits.
They wanted to help women and children, who didn't have many job options at that time

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Which answer best describes why factory owners often hired women and children in the 1800s? 
They wanted to prevent men from leaving their jobs to work at the factories.
They wanted to let families work at the same jobs to help keep them strong.
They wanted to hire people who work for the lowest wages to increase profits.
They wanted to help women and children, who didn't have many job options at that time

ricksanchez · Answer

definitely C, because history has a pattern of not caring about the safety of women who work, and children could be paid less to do a lot of work because they couldn't complain about the amount of labor.

ricksanchez · Answer

Technically, neither could complain.