Which of the Following Statements Accurately Reflects Trends During the 1920s

question 56

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately reflects trends during the 1920s regarding women in the work force?

• A) With their new feeling of "liberation" gained during World War I, women made gigantic inroads into previously all-male professions.
• B) Most college women entered such traditionally "female" professions as nursing, school teaching, and librarianship.
• C) The proportion of working women who were single rose by about 30%, as single women came to dominate teaching at the university level.
• D) The number of women in the workforce declined.
• E) The number of women physicians soared.

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Definitions:

Work Pace

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Underground Railroad

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Fugitive Slave Act

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Family Separation

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