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Why did many women in New England leave home to work in textile mills in the 1820s? Select the two correct answers.
A.
Job options for women were limited.

B.
The frontier had closed to settlement.

C.
They had little chance of inheriting land.

D.
Most men were busy fighting foreign wars.

E.
Factory work paid more than skilled crafts.

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adrian1817
E I hope this helps y’all
arshikhan8123

The correct option is E.

Why did mill owners hire female workers?

One reason that the factory owners liked to hire women was that they could pay them less. At the time, women made around half of what men made for doing the same job.

Why did many New England women work as Lowell girls in factories?

Employing women in a factory was novel to the point of being revolutionary. The system of labor in the Lowell mills became widely admired because the young women were housed in an environment that was not only safe but reputed to be culturally advantageous.

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