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Why did mill owners hire many women and children?

A.
Women and children were more skilled and better trained.

B.
Owners wanted to keep mothers and their children together.

C.
Women and children would work for less money than men.

D.
Most men refused to do manual labor in mills.

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C: Women and Children would work for less money than men.
User Dmitriy Selivanov
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Mill owners hire many women and Children because women and children would work ledd for less money than men.
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