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What was the major responsibility of women in the 5th century bc in Athens?
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To work in the home and vegetable garden, to bear and raise children, to supervise any domestic slaves. They were kept in virtual purdah, getting our occasionally for a women's religious festival.
Other women were slaves, courtesans and prostitutes.
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∙ 11y ago"Above all, the wife's primary duty was to produce male offspring for her husband's household"
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What was a major change affecting the American family in the early 19th century?
Women into the workforce.
What were the responsibilities of women in Athens Greece?
The responsibilities of women were to care for the children and keep house.
Did women have a visible or public role in the ordinary daily life of Athens?
maybe
What were the origins of the major social reform movements in the early nineteenth century?
Two important reform movements of the early 19th century were women's rights and abolitionism. Some other important reform movements were prison reform and reforming the way crimes were punished.
Is woman and men raised for toughness a characteristic of Athens Sparta or both?
In Sparta both. In Athens, the men, with the women confined in the home doing domestic tasks.
What couldn't the women do in Athens?
the women in athens couldn't vote
How were the roles of women different in Athens and Sparta?
In Athens women had no rights. In Sparta women had lots of rights
Did Athens or Sparta limit women in politics?
Athens limited women in politics
What was a major change affecting the American family in the early 19th century?
Women into the workforce.
Who could vote in athens?
woman,slaves and immagrantys were not allowed to vote in ancient Athens
Did women have very few rights in Sparta or Athens?
Very few in Athens.
What did women do in Athens?
Most likely women did not have jobs in Athens. Only in Sparta were women allowed to have jobs, most of were owning shops.
Who had the better role for women and children Athens or Sparta?
Athens
What are different between Iroquois women and women citizens in ancient Athens?
woman in iroquois are respected and woman in athens are not
Worlds first democratic constitution put into effect by?
Athens in the 5th century BC. Iceland 10th century. England from the 13th century, but working classes excluded from vote until 18th century,and women until 1918. The first written constitution is that of the U.S.A (1787).
The rights of the women in ancient Athens?
Every resident, including women and foreigners, had equal rights in Ancient Athens.
What was the social of women of Sparta and Athens?
The social status of women in Sparta were to produce healthy sons for the army. The social status of women in Athens women had no share in public life.
