1. The Role of Women

2. Notes on the Role of Women:
· Had many children
· shared the hard work with men in the fields
· died young
· Town women were slightly better off than women who worked the fields because many earned
money
· maintained homes
· went to market

3. · cooked the meals
· spun the wool
· wove the cloth
· made the clothes
· cared for their children
· worked as servants
· Women who belonged to a guild or who were married to a guild member were better off than
most
· Women in good homes received an education