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Which of the following was true about women in the workforce in the 1800s?

A) Women were paid lower wages than men for doing the same job.

B) Women were paid the same wages as men for doing the same job.

C) Women were paid higher wages than men for doing the same job.

D) Women often volunteered without pay to help their husbands on the job.

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A) Women were paid lower wages than men for doing the same job. Hope this helps

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A) Women were paid lower wages than men for doing the same job

Employers commonly paid women one-half to two-thirds of what a man doing the same job received. The wages were pitiful. In 1850, a woman garment worker in a Cleveland factory earned 104 dollars per year.

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