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They had very few rights, compared to today. They were legally the property of their father or husband, and only the most wealthy upper-class women had the freedom to study or to travel. Upper-class women might have a private tutor, or they might attend one of the newly-established girls' schools, where they learned music, the arts, literature, religion, and basic mathematics. But again, the right to attend such a school was contingent on the father or other male members of the household approving of the idea; and no universities in Europe would have accepted a female student at that time. Many upper-class women had some business training so that they could effectively run a home with servants and maintain a budget; some of these women were able to afford nice clothing, and thanks to family money, they could become patrons of the arts. But few women, even in the upper class, were able to make independent decisions about their life. And if you were a lower class woman, you were generally not able to study at all, nor decide upon the direction your life would take. You went to work as a young girl, and learned the skills that were considered necessary to make your employer happy. Your life was about raising children and obeying your husband's wishes. Now and then, a lower-class young woman was fortunate enough to have a progressive employer who saw her intelligence and gave her a chance to study with a tutor; but this was the exception rather than the rule.
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∙ 12y agoIn the 16th century women had to listen to their fathers and marry who their fathers wanted them to. Or they had to have their fathers approval of who they wanted to marry otherwise the father had the right to chop their head off or they had to become a nun.
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∙ 16y agousually,men have more rights than women.
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What was the status of women in 16th century England?
slaves
Why women could not vote in England in the 19th century?
because the women did not have the rights to do it
What is the mid 16th century?
The middle 16th century would be 1550-1560.
What movement wanted to expand voting rights?
Both Women's Suffrage (early 20th century) and the Civil Rights Movement (mid-20th century) attempted to secure voting rights.
How did political revolutions of the 19th century fail to advance the rights of women?
Many countries took decades after revolution to grant women basic rights of voting and education.
What rights did women have in 16th century Denmark?
Women had no rights in 15th century Denmark. Women were not able to vote until 1915.
What rights did women have in the 16th century UK?
In the 16th century UK, women had very limited rights. They were considered legally subordinate to men, with few property or inheritance rights. Women were generally expected to be obedient to their husbands and had few opportunities for education or employment outside the home.
What was the status of women in 16th century England?
slaves
What Irish pirate of the 16th century was a women?
Grace O'Malley
Women's rights in the first century?
Where in the world?
Which century is 1584?
1584 is in the 16th century.
What did women wear in 16th century?
They wore large dresses shapped like scrotums.
Why women could not vote in England in the 19th century?
because the women did not have the rights to do it
Equal rights movement for women how did it evolve?
The equal rights movement was a continuation of the women's suffrage movement of the previous century. Women were still not afforded all the rights that men had.
What decade were lace dresses worn?
16th century October.
Why do all portraits of women from 16th century England look so similar?
Portraits of the women from the 16th Century in England might look similar because, at the time, portraits had to be drawn and painted. There was only a handful of people at that time who were skilled enough to do this type of work.
What century was the year 1508 in?
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