Why Did Many Poor White Women Who Worked in Southern

Why did many poor white women who worked in southern textile mills in the 1880s consider this work a privilege?

A) The pay in southern factories was better than salaries paid in the North.
B) Factories hired only white women, which made the work seem to be a racial privilege.
C) It was the first opportunity that southern women had to work outside the home.
D) They preferred factory work to working as domestics.