what was the ladies role in the 13 colonies?

Answer 1

Reproduction, household details, and mainly keeping the men happy. The first few settlers who came to the new world were only men. After those settlements failed/vanished, they thought that having women in the colonies would help encourage more men and families to travel to the "New World" to help settle it for the crown.

Answer 2

Women's role in colonial America was economically significant. At that time and place, there were no factories or stores such as we recognize them today. The family was the basic money producing unit. Blacksmiths, storekeepers, tanners, chandlers, farmers, carpenters, all provided goods and services for the nascent economy using family-based businesses. Women (wives and daughters) were crucial to that small economic unit. They were both management and labor, and the difference between a successful colonial business and an unsuccessful one often lay in the skill set of the wife/matriarch.