What was daily life like for women in the Connecticut colony?

Answer 1

It was harsh, farming was the men's job and the wives was to cook, and clean house.

Of course in her spare time she was expected to:

1. Till and plant a large garden,
2. Tend the large family garden and preserve the food.
3. Milk and care for the family cow or cows.
4. Churn butter and make cheese.
5. Salt the fish if a catch was good.
6. Slop the hogs.
7. Spin, knit, weave and make the clothes for the family.
8. Do the laundry and darn the socks.
9. Fetch the water.
10. Gather thatch for the roof.
11. Operate the smokehouse.
12. Grind the grain to make flour.
13. Tend the bee hive.
14. Chop the wood for the fire.
15. Make soap and candles.
16. Keep the accounts.
17. Be the spiritual guide
18. Be the nurse and caregiver.
19. Raise and educate the children.
20. And such other duties as may be assigned.

Answer 2

It was hard because you had to grown your own food, and lots of people got sick and there werent any cures.