Which of the Following Statements Regarding Married Women During the Great

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding married women during the Great Depression is correct?

• A)Married women often held the high-paying jobs of the period.
• B)At the beginning of the Depression, married women were the first to be targeted by employers in layoffs.
• C)As the Depression intensified, working married women came to be the primary targets of layoffs.
• D)Married women luckily always had employed husbands to take care of them.
• E)If laid off, married women could relax and take care of their families.

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Interest Rate

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