what is the role of women in the Elizabethan era?

Question

what is the role of women in the Elizabethan era? ? ?
plz,.,give more than 5 points....

Answer 1

Despite the fact that Elizabeth I was one of the greatest politicians of her age and successfully ruled a kingdom, she wasn't really considered so much a role model as she was a bit of an oddity.

Women were still very constrained by the attitudes that had been in place for centuries; a woman was expected to marry and have children, no matter what her social station. However, there were some differences between the various social strata, a situation that was far from new in the sixteenth century and is still with us to some extent.

A woman of the upper classes was likely to at least be iterate. The Protestant Reformation had an impact on literacy because many of the reformers felt that people needed to be able to read the Bible. Mind you, no one said anything about INTERPRETING the Bible--that was for the clergy to do, and women were not permitted to become ministers (although in some groups that changed, most notably among the Quakers in the following century). Women were also denied access to a university education, unless they came from a very "modern" family, and even then they would have had private tutors rather than attending the Sorbonne or Oxford. Marriages were usually arranged, and some men actually wanted more than just a pretty face and a nice dowry--there were those who actually wanted a wife with whom they could discuss serious topics, such as politics or philosophy.

For women of the merchant class, there was sometimes a little more autonomy. In the Middle Ages, women were occasionally permitted to join various guilds and usually assisted their husbands in the business. So, this kind of woman would likely be iterate and capable of handling her husband's business affairs in his absence, in addition to managing a home and rearing the children.

Among the rural classes, women had always worked in the fields as well as tending to the cooking and other domestic chores. If she were the wife of a fairly prosperous farmer, she wouldn't be out in the fields raking and binding sheaves, but would still have the dairy as her responsibility. Depending on how well-off her spouse was, there might be women working under her supervision as milkmaids, and the mistress of the farm would also oversee the making of butter and cheese, often assisted by her daughters (this was early on the job training, since those girls would, in turn, likely marry farmers themselves).

In the cities, there were always the marginal women who made their living as prostitutes or petty criminals. Not much is known of their day to day lives except from court records, and even then it was only when these women were apprehended for some crime. There were also the fishwives and barmaids, respectable enough trades in their time, but the women who practiced them were known for their saltiness and outspoken methods of making their likes or dislikes known.

In summary, then, for most women the Elizabethan era didn't bring any appreciable changes.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I just did a report on this...
- wifes
-pop out kids
-cater to their husband

Answer 4

i think its

-have children
-take care of kids and husband