During the Early Nineteenth Century, Many Married and Widowed Working-Class

question 96

Multiple Choice

During the early nineteenth century, many married and widowed working-class women ____________.

• A) worked at specialized tasks in the new factories
• B) acquired secretarial skills and worked in urban offices
• C) became clerks in the new urban department stores
• D) sold their domestic skills for wages by working as laundresses, seamstresses, and cooks

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