Title: Colonial Women ***
Headings: Colonial Women
Colonial Women
Colonial Women

Content: Their clothes were highly elaborate and made of velvets, satins and silks. Their lifestyle was centered around the house, ensuring the servants and slaves performed the tasks necessary to run such a stylish home. The social life of Colonial women who lived in towns was focussed on visiting other women and arranging special social events where their husbands could meet with their contemporaries. Additional information is available in Colonial Society. Colonial Women - Indentured Servants


A massive 80% of of the total British and continental emigration to America prior to the American Revolutionary War were Indentured Servants. Indentured servants were men and women who were contracted to work for a fixed period of from 5 to 7 years in exchange for basic necessities such as food, clothing and lodging during their term of Indenture. Indentured Servants were not paid any wages. A woman who became pregnant as an Indentured servant often had years added on to the end of her service time. Colonial women who were Indentured servants had few rights. They could not vote, they were not allowed to marry or even leave their houses or travel without permission.