1. Ms Burke | US I History

2. Education  Most did not get a formal education  Some could read and write  Would learn the skills they needed to manage their home

3. Maintaining the Household  Main job: manage the home  Responsible for  Raising children, cooking meals, sewing clothes, weaving cloth, and keeping the house in order  Teaching children how to be “good” citizens / men / women / British subjects / etc

4. Work  Even though women did not “work” outside the home, they generally were working from sun up to sun down  Would prepare meals, mend clothes, make baskets, do laundry, preserve food, tend to the livestock, make candles, dye clothes, work in the garden, teach children, etc…

5. Rules and Legal Status  Colonial women had almost no legal rights or freedoms  Had to obey the man in their life (father / brother / husband)  Not allowed to vote / hold public office  A married woman was represented by her husband  Could be beaten by their husbands or forcibly returned if they ran away  Could NOT make a will or own property

6. Jamestown: A Case Study  When the colony was fighting for survival – the colony was egalitarian  This means that men and women were equal  WHY?  Once Jamestown became a more permanent colony, it became more patriarchal  What is a patriarchy?

7. Jamestown: A Case Study  By the mid-17 th century, lawmakers were using race & gender to create two distinct roles for Virginia women  Good Wife:  Free and white  Performed domestic work in her home and raised her children  Agricultural Laborer:  Poor, enslaved, and black

8. Differing Spheres  Public  In the workforce  Economic and political powers  Private  In the home  Religious and cultural powers

9. Jamestown: A Case Study  Pretend you are living in colonial Jamestown. Write a journal entry describing your everyday life. Remember to include elements of gender. Must be 1 page long At least 5 paragraphs 6+ sentences per paragraph Grammatically and mechanically correct (no spelling errors) Use real historical examples and events!