Why Was Challenging the Gendered Structure of the Workplace a Problem

question 5

Multiple Choice

Why was challenging the gendered structure of the workplace a problem for women's unions?

• A) Women activists had long supported protective labor legislation.
• B) Most working women embraced the 1950s ideology that women were unfit for strenuous labor.
• C) Male resistance toward female skilled workers threatened the existence of female unions.
• D) White women resisted any legislation that would treat African American women as equals.

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