Women were even viewed as a “necessary good,” as opposed to a “necessary evil.” They held the roles of housewife, but often did much more than what is now considered housewife work. Women sometimes took on their husband’s role if he passed away and they did not have a son old enough to fill his position. But society may have expected these women to b

Many often assumed that single women only became financially successful through inheritance. It’s usually not mentioned that men like Franklin and Washington inherited wealth and that women do not only inherit their husband’s wealth but wealth as a product of their own work as well. Some women, like Hannah Breintall, inherited their husband’s wealth and became successful entrepreneurs and also cared for their families … just as, if not more, successfully as her husband.

Some women of the seventeenth century lived under different circumstances than the average colonial women. Native American women played much more active roles in society than those of white women. It has been said that the men are more “idle” while the women do more work than men. Women in tribes even ate separately than the men and even had a separate place to stay during menstruation. Their religi

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