Comments on: What do you know about the roles of men and women in the Neoclassical era? http://how-to-get-a-girl-to-like-you.net/what-do-you-know-about-the-roles-of-men-and-women-in-the-neoclassical-era.html Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:59:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: FOX News is the best http://how-to-get-a-girl-to-like-you.net/what-do-you-know-about-the-roles-of-men-and-women-in-the-neoclassical-era.html/comment-page-1#comment-3759 FOX News is the best Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:03:58 +0000 http://how-to-get-a-girl-to-like-you.net/what-do-you-know-about-the-roles-of-men-and-women-in-the-neoclassical-era.html#comment-3759 the role of men was to fight wars and the role of women was to take care of the family. the role of men was to fight wars and the role of women was to take care of the family.

]]> By: Louise C http://how-to-get-a-girl-to-like-you.net/what-do-you-know-about-the-roles-of-men-and-women-in-the-neoclassical-era.html/comment-page-1#comment-3760 Louise C Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:03:58 +0000 http://how-to-get-a-girl-to-like-you.net/what-do-you-know-about-the-roles-of-men-and-women-in-the-neoclassical-era.html#comment-3760 I think it is important to emphasise that although women may have been considered to belong in the 'domestic sphere' many women in fact would have had to work for a living whether they liked it or not. There would have been large numbers of women employed as servants, for instance, and a great many would have worked as seamstresses, or as spinners, or as washerwomen or in the retail trade. Midwives usually had an important role in the local community. Wives often assisted in their husband's businesses (for example Benjamin Franklin's wife Deborah Read Franklin ran all his business concerns while he was in Europe). Widows often continued to run family businesses after their husbands died (for instance Betsy ross ran the successful family upholstery business for 50 years after her husband died). Even some upper class women who were impoverished had to work, usually as teachers. some women earned a living through writing. There were some women artists, like Marie Vigee Lebrun for example, who painted the French royal family very often. And of course there were women who made a name for themselves on the stage. I think it is important to emphasise that although women may have been considered to belong in the ‘domestic sphere’ many women in fact would have had to work for a living whether they liked it or not. There would have been large numbers of women employed as servants, for instance, and a great many would have worked as seamstresses, or as spinners, or as washerwomen or in the retail trade. Midwives usually had an important role in the local community. Wives often assisted in their husband’s businesses (for example Benjamin Franklin’s wife Deborah Read Franklin ran all his business concerns while he was in Europe). Widows often continued to run family businesses after their husbands died (for instance Betsy ross ran the successful family upholstery business for 50 years after her husband died).

Even some upper class women who were impoverished had to work, usually as teachers. some women earned a living through writing. There were some women artists, like Marie Vigee Lebrun for example, who painted the French royal family very often. And of course there were women who made a name for themselves on the stage.

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