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A woman's role was to take care of the children, the house, the farm, cook the dinner, wash the clothes, feed the chickens, bake the bread, help her husband bring in the crops, make candles, make butter, take care of the sick, have children, bury the dead ( often that was her husband or a child) and to do anything her husband wanted her to do. Women didn't have any rights, couldn't own property, have a bank account, vote, couldn't go to school/college, and had very little rights to express themselves. A few women broke out of this, but the majority didn't. Think about this for a second: In the Civil War and in WW1 many women were left alone by a husband, father, brother, even uncle, but they didn't have any of the rights to support themselves or take care of their children. They had to depend on a male relative, lawyer, or someone appointed to take care of the money, property and business that was left by the male that died. No government agency gave them food stamps, aid, or money. They were totally alone.

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