How Did Live-In Servants Change Households in the North by 1870

question 4

Multiple Choice

How did live-in servants change households in the North by 1870?

• A) They enabled middle-class white women to explore opportunities outside the home.
• B) They made domestic service an honorable occupation for native-born American women to pursue.
• C) They had become a fixture of almost three-quarters of all urban households.
• D) They freed working women from the obligation of keeping house after working outside the home all day.

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