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

Content: Colonial Women ***
Colonial Women
The first European Colonial Women
This article on Colonial Women describes the life and status of the women of Colonial America
Status and classes of Colonial Women
The Rights of Colonial Women
The daily life of Colonial Women
The daily life of wealthy European women, indentured servants and slaves
The roles of Colonial Women
Puritan women
Attitudes towards Colonial Women
Chores and Tasks of Colonial women
Colonial Women in society
American Colonies Index
Life in Colonial Times





History of the first 13 Colonies and life in the Colonial Period
The roles, rights and status of women: The daily lives of the colonists during the Colonial Period
Colonial Women
The roles of Colonial Women were determined by their wealth, religion and status. Their lives and their roles are therefore described as follows: Puritan Women
Wealthy European Colonial Women
Unmarried women and widows
Colonial Indentured Servants
Native Indian Women
Colonial Slave Women
Colonial Women
Life in early Colonial America was extremely hard. The early women colonists and settlers were expected to help the men in a variety of hard labor tasks in order to survive. As time passed the lives of Colonial women took on the traditional roles of women which related to running the house or farm and raising the children. The work undertaken within these roles were dependent on wealth and status. The men dominated the lives of Colonial women. Colonial women would be married by the time they were twenty and bore large numbers of children - 8 children was normal but as the child mortality rate was extremely high up to 5 of the children would have died before they reached their teens. Picture of a Puritan Girl



Colonial Women
The men held traditional views and attitudes about the status and roles of women women.