Title: Women in the 17th Century
Headings: LIFE FOR WOMEN IN THE 17th CENTURY
LIFE FOR WOMEN IN THE 17th CENTURY
By Tim Lambert
Women's Jobs in the 17th Century
Women's education in the 17th century
Womens Clothes in the 17th Century

Content: So was Maria Cunitz (1610 - 1664). In 1637 Amye Everard Ball was the first woman in England to be granted a patent (for making tinctures from flowers). In the 17th century most women were wives and mothers. Life could be hard for spinsters. Often they lived with relatives but they had to work long hours to support themselves. Womens Clothes in the 17th Century
In the 17th century women wore a linen nightie like garment called a shift. Over it they wore long dresses. The dress was in two parts the bodice and the skirt. Sometimes women wore two skirts. The upper skirt was gathered up to reveal an underskirt.