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Question 14 What were some of the advantages for young women working in factories in the 1800s? [6.02] Question 15 Why did factory owners often hire women and children to work in the 1800s? [6.02]

Answer 1

Some advantages included, making their own money, being able to live where they worked, and being able to help support their families when the husband, or father couldnt.

Factory owners often hired women and children because they could pay them less.