What was daily life for men woman and children in Pennsylvania?

Answer 1

All Free Men age 21 or over could Vote; women could not. Women and children were a husband's / father's "property".

All children were taught by their mothers at home. "Education" depended on parents' knowledge.

Poor children and orphans were submitted to child labor without pay. Children were sent to "poor farms" where they were "apprenticed" to a man in the community. The worked as "apprentices" for room and board, without pay.

Prior to mid-1800s, only boys attended school, but typically only a few months if an ordinary child. In well off families, boys could attend longer, even being tutored at home or by someone already in one of the main professions: teacher, preacher, lawyer, doctor.

By mid-1800s, girls attended school too. Slowly, both girls and boys attended at least to 3rd grade or longer.

After the Civil War, slaves were supposedly "free"--but still could not vote.

In the 1880s, a New York man began the American version of the SPCA - Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A few years later, a woman volunteering for the Methodist Church in New York City found out about a little girl who was being repeatedly beaten and starved in her home. She approached the founder of the SPCA to help the girl. It was the first time a parent was charged, convicted, and sentenced for child abuse. The Child Welfare agency had (finally) begun.

Next, Women sought the right to Vote.

However--- Nationwide, Blacks still face discrimination today. Child Abuse continues. Women still receive unequal pay for the same jobs as men. Men and especially White Men still have power and privilege.