They were housewives.
Cooking cleaning etc.
Women typically were home makers before and after the American Civil War.
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The primary occupations of women before World War 1 were teaching and nursing. Of course, there were exceptions to this, but the war did create the opportunity for women to work in factories and other jobs that had typically been held by men.
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Family and friends.
before world war ii women were mostly domestic servants
a housewife or a spinster.
after
The status of women before the US Civil War was the same as after the war. Women were home makers, houswifes and basically ignored. Although many women did notable things in the US Civil War,they still did not get the right to vote as citizens of their country until well into the 20th century. The USA treated their women shamefully.
With the men fighting in the war, women took the jobs that men had been doing before the war.
women worked in factories to make weapons and war supplies. They filled the role that men had before the war.
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