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Can someone explain option choice C for the 4th Question?
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Can someone explain option choice C for the 4th Question?
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The answer to question 4 is given in this line:
Cowan argued that the “industrialization” of the home often resulted in more work for full-time home workers because the use of such devices as coal stoves, water pumps, and vacuum cleaners tended to reduce the workload of married-women’s helpers (husbands, sons, daughters, and servants) while promoting a more rigorous standard of housework.


Industrialization of home (use of coal stoves, water pumps, and vacuum cleaners) reduced the work of helpers (husbands, sons, daughters, and servants) but it led to more work for the full-time home worker (the lady of the house) since it led to higher standards (more cleanliness expected, water available in all washing areas at all times etc). So the helpers' jobs got easier since say instead of sweeping, they used the vacuum but the lady spent more time in managing the higher standards say to ensure that the house is always clean.


4. According to the passage, Cowan asserts which of the following about married women's helpers over the past two centuries ?


C) they spent more time on household tasks because of the more rigorous standards of housework promoted by the industrialization of the home.
Not correct. They spent less time on household tasks.

E) they spent less time on housework with the advent of such devices as the coal stove and the water pump.
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