Although women played a vital role in providing for their families, economic opportunities remained limited. During the early 1800s, an additional job opportunity arose for women -- factory work. ... Employers commonly paid women one-half to two-thirds of what a man doing the same job received. The wages were pitiful.
A major difference between the Ottoman and the Byzantine empire during this time was most likely the fact that they had fundamentally different religions. For that reason the correct answer is most likely B - Each empire practiced a different religious faith.