2006-09-23 09:37:37 · 5 answers · asked by jenn z 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
All the important ones.
The women were just cooking and cleaning and having babies.
2006-09-23 09:39:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the Red Sox were just being formed as a losing baseball team and most of the men were oblivious to the fact that trying out for the team would bring them jeering sneers from their friends in New York and in other cities where more established baseball teams existed and had longer winning streaks since around the early 1400's or so.
But, in a quick answer to your question, most of the men in the 1630s were all trying out for the Boston Red Sox.
2006-09-23 20:59:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Men were in positions of authority such as governors, magistrates, and--perhaps most importantly--ministers.
It must be kept in mind that the period in question severely restricted the public roles of women, and this had the stamp of approval from both the secular and religious leaders of the day.
This is not to say that the women were necessarily miserable or unhappy--for insight into a Puritan marriage, I'd suggest reading some of the poetry written by Anne Bradstreet--and we must always keep in mind that the average woman of this place and time probably accepted all of it, hook, line, and sinker. Conformity was the norm, just as it is in almost any age, which is what makes the nonconformists stand out.
2006-09-23 17:02:16 · answer #3 · answered by Chrispy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My ancestors John Alden Pricillia Mullens ( pilgrims ) ...from his wills He seemed kind.... But I think that the men pretty much stuck to what society norms were.( They were judges farmers doctors,, lawyers servants ... But they came into agreement after they signed the mayflower compact that they would come together for the good of the colony... But the men probably did not change the baby.
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2006-09-23 22:34:46 · answer #4 · answered by zachs mom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were in charge of EVERYTHI NG, and women were expected to be obedient and "mind their place."
2006-09-23 19:55:15 · answer #5 · answered by backinbowl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋