How did the Works Progress Administration (WPA) assign jobs to women? A.) It reserved some jobs in construction for single women and gave tasks like sewing to widows and abandoned women. B.) It assigned labor intensive jobs only to men and assigned jobs involving less physical effort to women. C.) It assigned jobs whose finished product would go to charity to single, abandoned, and widowed women. D.) It assigned jobs based on the availability of the workers, without regard to the nature of the work.

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Giovanna Ellis

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5 March, 16:51

How did the Works Progress Administration (WPA) assign jobs to women? A.) It reserved some jobs in construction for single women and gave tasks like sewing to widows and abandoned women. B.) It assigned labor intensive jobs only to men and assigned jobs involving less physical effort to women. C.) It assigned jobs whose finished product would go to charity to single, abandoned, and widowed women. D.) It assigned jobs based on the availability of the workers, without regard to the nature of the work.

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Deon Barr · Answer 1

Although women were employed under the WPA, there were far few women than men. The answer is " B.) It assigned labor intensive jobs only to men and assigned jobs involving less physical effort to women."