What was the main job for women in the middle ages?

Answer 1

AnswerNot much. Women were chattel and had no rights. If you were unmarried you were a nun or a lady "of the night", worked as a maid, in the kitchen, or did the laundry of the nobility . If you didn't have the protection of a man or the church you were fair game for the worse that man had to offer. AnswerUnmarried women worked at a variety of jobs, and very often poorer girls could collect enough money, if they were frugal and industrious, to provide themselves with a dowry. The work they did was in a variety of industries, including food preparation, clothing and textiles, and service. In some places the making of wax candles for the churches was dominated entirely by women. But there were also jobs women could pursue that we have not thought of as appropriate to women until very recently, such as stone masonry.

For more information, please see the related question below, " Did women have professions in the middle ages?" For those who are wondering about whether women did have rights after all, I have also included a link to the question, "What were the rights of women in the middle ages?"

Answer 2

During the Middle Ages, most people were farmers, and so most girls worked on farms. They worked as milkmaids, and tending herds, among other things.

You should understand that during the Middle Ages women did an amazing number of things, and held just about the same jobs men did. There were a few lines of work women could not do, but only a few. We have very few records of details of work, but the records we do have include construction sites where most of the workers were women.

This is not to say women were treated as the equal of men, just that they did all sorts of things.

There is a related question below, that goes into more detail in its third answer.

Answer 3

It depends. Are you talking married, or unmarried?