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Women in Role in the Renaissance Economy

Everyone was expected to participate in manual labor around the house except for small children, these thoughts were not shared outside of the house. Women were only expected to take care of the house and children. The only manner in which women were expected to work outside only if they were single women or widows. If women were allowed to work they had selected jobs they could do such as milking the cows to make milk and butter to sell, which would provide additional income to the house. Not only did women milk cows they also helped in the picking of grapes in the vineyards. They did the same work as men but they were paid significantly less. Men who worked in the vineyards were paid 16 pence per day; in addition, they receive soup and wine to eat in the morning, at midday beer, vegetables, and meat, and in the evening soup, vegetables, and wine. Young boys are to be paid 10 pence per day. Women who work as haymakers are to be given 6 pence a day. Women did not just work in agriculture, they also served in the army disguised in male clothing to serve. Women were not allowed to serve in the army but most women worked to provide money for more solid while they serve, they would also help aid wounded soldiers.

Women had certain jobs in the community but were not paid appropriately or treated properly. In these times women were so mistreated and talk down to. They were not treated fairly, they had no rights and all their money belonged to the households.

Work Cited

Meg Lota Brown and Kari Boyd McBride.Women's roles in the Renaissance.Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.

Valenze, Deborah M. The First Industrial Woman. Oxford University Press, 1995.


 * 1) Brown, Meg Lota (2005). Women's roles in the Renaissance. Kari Boyd McBride. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN  0-313-32210-4 . OCLC 57893936.