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... upwards of eight to ten or more members in a single home. Most Americans, during this time, lived in families that contained "extra people" like domestic "helps," midwives, farm laborers, widows, or even orphans of a decreased relation. Slave households weren't as accounted for being that they were not recorded in a census nor recognized by law. The stability of ... ...
... had a different job. The head of the family was mostly the father. He presided over family prayers and worked on the family farm. Mothers usually raised the children, acted as midwives to other women in town, and tended to household chores. Up until about the age eight, boys and girls wore the same thing. They only wore wool or linen dresses ... ...
... , particularly in her descriptions of the slave-nurse who seemed to be worth more to her than her own daughter. Brave Orchid also describes to Kingston the common practice among midwives of killing baby girls at birth, suffocating them in a box of clean ashes. Kingston does not know whether her own mother ever killed a baby, but she has nightmares for the ... ...
... though both Roman women and American women are expected to run a household, American women can get a job to earn more money or to pursue a career. Roman women could only be midwives, priestesses, doctors, or hairdressers. American women have just about any profession open to them. The women of Rome couldn't vote, but women in America can. Women today can also be ... ...
