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Why did factory owners prefer to employ women A factory owner could pay women lower wages than men. B Women worked harder than men. C women had better knowledge of machinery. D women would bring their children with them to work.

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Factory owners preferred to employ women back in the Industrial age because they were able to get away with paying them less than they would if they had hired a man. Back then there weren't really any women's rights, so the factory owners could pay whatever they wanted to a woman, who were seen at the time as being inferior to men, and thus deserved lower pay. This overall saved the factory lots of money in the long run.
So I would think I would be A,
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