How did industrialism and separate spheres increase economic inequality between husband and wife?
A) Waged workers were men, and labor in the home did not generate as much income.
B) Women wielded more power within the workplace, which allowed them to be independent of their husbands.
C) Women were more likely to have economic power over their husbands because women's work was critical to family survival.
D) Women were more likely to have economic power over their homes than their husbands were.

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Industrialism led to the rise of waged work outside the home, primarily for men, while women's work within the home did not generate income. This division created economic disparities between husbands and wives, as men's work was monetarily valued and women's was not.

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