Question

The passage suggests that WIDC differed from WTUL in which of the following ways?

• A. WIDC believed that the existing safety regulations were adequate to protect women's health, whereas WtUL believed that such regulations needed to be strengthened.
• B. WIDC believed that unions could not succeed in pressuring employers to comply with such regulations, whereas WTUL believed that unions could succeed in doing so.
• C. WIDC believed that lead poisoning in white lead factories could be avoided by controlling conditions there, whereas WTUL believed that lead poisoning in such factories could not be avoided no matter how stringently safety regulations were enforced.
• D. At the time that the legislation concerning white lead factories was proposed, WIDC was primarily concerned with addressing health conditions in white lead factories, whereas WTUL was concerned with improving working conditions in all types of factories.
• E. At the time that WIDC was opposing legislative attempts to restrict women's labor, WTUL had already ceased to do so.

Answer 1

The correct option is E At the time that WIDC was opposing legislative attempts to restrict women's labor, WTUL had already ceased to do so.

The given passage clearly states that WTUL had ceased legislative attempts to restrict women's labor in 1880s. WIDC opposed it later than WTUL. Thus, option E is the correct answer. The answer is clearly given in sixth line of second paragraph.