Women and Education
Wealthy
Wealthy women were allowed education
Wealthy women were tutored at home
They were taught in Latin, Italian, Greek and French
Dancing and Music skills were essential
Women were not allowed to go to university
Middle Class/Poor
Did not attend school
Did not receive formal education
Had to learn to govern a household
Had to become skilled in housewife duties
Learned only what needed to be known in order to marry
Marriage
Elizabethan women were expected to marry
People were suspicious with single women
Single women were often associated with witches
Elizabethan women are suppose to be dependant of their male relative throughout their entire life
Marriage was desirable for lower class women
With parental permission, it is legal for girls at 12 years of age to marry
The Role of Unmarried Women
Single women could spend their life in a convent or a nunnery
It was eventually no longer an option
Thus, the only other option was domestic service
The Role of Women in Marriage
Women were expected to bring a dowry (i.e. a small amount of money, goods and property) to the marriage
After marriage, women were expected to run households and provide children
Large families were normal
High mortality rates (i.e. death of infants under 1 years old) at that time
Many women made arrangements for others to take care of their child in case they pass away during childbirth.
Women were believed to be inferior to men
Women were totally dominated by male members of the family
They were expected to obey the father, brother, uncle, and any other male member of the family.
The punishment for disobedience was a beating. It was seen as sin to disobey the male member of the family.
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