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FEMALE EMANCIPATION: WOMEN IN ANCIENT HISTORY - Coggle Diagram
FEMALE EMANCIPATION: WOMEN IN ANCIENT HISTORY
ANCIENT
AND
MEDIEVAL
WORLD: WOMAN LIVING IN EUROPE, Middle East AND MOST OF AFRICA, DIDN'T HAVE SAME LEGAL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AS MEN
UNDER CONTROL OF FATHERS AND HUSBANDS
ANCIENT EGYPT:
WOMEN ENJOYED SAME RIGHTS AS MEN: THEIR RIGHTS DEPENDED ON THEIR
SOCIAL CLASS
, NOT THEIR SEX
ALL LANDED PROPERTY DESCENDED IN THE FEMALE LINE FROM MOTHER TO DAUGHTER: A WOMAN HAD THE RIGHT TO
MANAGE
HER PROPERTY
SHE COULD:
BE A PARTNER IN LEGAL CONTRACTS
BE AN EXECUTOR
BUY OR SELL A PROPERTY
WITNESS TO LEGAL ACTS
BRING AN ACTION IN COURT
ADOPT CHILDREN IN HER NAME
WOMAN ENJOYED A HIGHER SOCIAL POSITION THAN MANY WOMEN IN OTHER SOCIETIES, BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN
ANCIENT GREEK WORLD:
THEY WERE UNABLE TO VOTE, OWN LAND OR INHERIT
WOMAN'S PLACE WAS IN THE HOME AND PURPOSE IN LIFE WAS THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
SPARTAN WOMEN WERE TRATED DIFFERENTLY:
THEY ALLOWED TO OWN LAND AND COULD DRINK WINE
THEY HAD TO DO PHYSICAL TRAINING LIKE MEN
ANCIENT ROME:
IN THE BEGINNING WOMEN HAD NOT RIGHTS BUT OVER TIME THINGS CHANGED
REPUBLICAN PERIOD: WOMEN COULD GO TO THE FORUM TO SHOP OR VISIT A TEMPLE WITHOUT ASKING THEIR HUSBAND FOR PERMISSION
ROMAN EMPIRE: WOMEN GAINED EVEN MORE FREEDOM, IT WAS LEGAL:
FREE SLAVES
MAKE WILLS
TO OWN A LAND
GET A PAID JOB
MIDDLE AGES:
VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WORKED THE LAND AND WOMEN WERE JUST AS ACTIVITIES AS MEN IN AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
EDUCATION FOR BOTH WOMAN AND MEN WAS LIMITED TO THE
UPPER CLASSES
AND THE
CLERGY
MOST PEOPLE IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE LIVED IN SMALL RURAL COMMUNITIES AND MADE THEIR LIVING FROM THE LAND
PEASANT WOMEN HAD MANY DOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIES: CARING FOR CHILDREN, PREPARING FOOD, TENDING LIVESTOCK
WOMEN OFTEN PARTICIPATED IN FUNDAMENTAL COTTAGE INDUSTRIES AND JOINED THEIR HUSBANDS IN THE FIELD DURING THE BUSIEST TIME OF THE YEAR
REINASSANCE:
WOMEN PLAYED DIFFERENT ROLES IN THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDING ON THEIR
AGE
AND
MARITAL STATUS
FIRST A WOMAN WAS A DAUGHTER AND THEN A WIFE, MOTHER OR WIDOW
MEN'S ROLES WERE GENERALLY DEFINED BY THEIR SOCIAL POSITION OR OCCUPATION
FEMALE ROLES WERE MORE DEFINED IN UPPER-CLASS SOCIETY THAN IN PEASANT SOCIETY, BECAUSE UPPER-CLASS WOMEN HAD A SHARE IN THE FAMILY ESTATE
PEASANT WOMEN: GENERALLY HAD MORE FREEDOMS AS THEY WERE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN HELPING SUPPORT THE FAMILY BY WORKING WITH THEM