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Why did employers prefer to hire women and children to work in factories in the 1900's!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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The above answer is correct plus the fact that chldren had
smaller hands and as result could put them in smaller
areas such as in the looms they could be under the loom and
reach up to pull out threads etc which an adults hand would be too big to do!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Because women and children were paid half of what men got paid, that simple!.Www@QuestionHome@Com