Why did mill owners hire mostly women and children?(1 point)

Responses

No men were available for these jobs.
No men were available for these jobs.

Owners could pay them half of what they would have to pay men.
Owners could pay them half of what they would have to pay men.

Men were gone fighting in a war overseas
Men were gone fighting in a war overseas

They felt sorry for them because they were living in poverty

They could pay women and children less than men for the same work.