Under beckon callWomen in the colonial period lived a life that was primarily controlled by either their father or husband. Their rights were slim to none from the time they were children all the way through their adulthood.
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Despite the support both physically and mentally that women willed from home to their counterparts, the recognition as a human being was seldom given.
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Women, if married, could not legally own property, vote, hold any formal profession, have a will or serve on a jury. They virtually sucumbed all identity of person to their husband once married; helping maintain the household and birth children to help on the property was their purpose in life.
Unmarried and widowed women, however, had more rights that married women did not. Although still unable to vote, hold office, or serve on jury, these women could own property, act as a guardian, make a will, sue or be sued and received interest from their deceased husband's property. |