Question

Why did many women in the South end up

working in the fields?
O Their enslaved workers all left.
O Their husbands were off fighting the war.
O Their husbands worked in factories.

Answer 1

Enslaved women in the South were stripped of their motherhood identity in order to work the fields of plantations for no wages. Paradoxically, they were still required to do female domestic duties, like cooking and cleaning, as well.

Answer 2

their husbands were fighting in the war