Apprentices Were Replaced by a Pool of Young Women Who

Apprentices were replaced by a pool of young women who were employed as typists and stenographers ______.

A) because the development of the typewriter and other technological devices meant they were no longer needed to copy documents in long hand
B) because apprentices were now taking the route of law school in order to enter into the profession
C) because it was too expensive to have apprentices
D) because the American Bar Association banned the practice