What led New England farm girls to resign from working in the mills and return to their family farms in the 1840s?
A) Working conditions became increasingly unbearable.
B) Their jobs were gradually taken over by men.
C) The advances in mechanization decreased the need for unskilled labor.
D) Too many years working in the mills made them undesirable marriage partners.
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