Which of the following is true?
A) Due to anti-employment discrimination legislation that was passed in the early 1960s, there was a large increase in the earnings of women relative to men in the 1960s and 1970s.
B) The female/male earnings ratio for full-time workers has been virtually constant since 1980.
C) The number of women preparing for careers as professionals has increased substantially since the 1980s.
D) In recent years only about 40 percent of those completing college degrees were women.

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The passage states that "the number of women preparing for careers as professionals has increased substantially since the 1980s." Therefore, option C is true.

Option A is incorrect because the passage does not state that there was a large increase in the earnings of women relative to men in the 1960s and 1970s due to anti-employment discrimination legislation.

Option B is incorrect because the passage does not give information about the female/male earnings ratio since 1980.

Option D is incorrect because the passage does not give recent statistics on the number of men and women completing college degrees.

Which of the Following Is True