During the Progressive Era

question 53

Multiple Choice

During the Progressive era,

• A) growing numbers of native-born white women worked as domestics.
• B) most African-American women worked in factories.
• C) most eastern European immigrant women worked as telephone operators.
• D) growing numbers of native-born white women worked in offices.
• E) the number of married women working declined.

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