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Women in the 17 th Century

Women in the 17 th Century. MADAME DE SAINT Pal2pal.com. CATHERINE THE GREAT Pal2pal.com. STRONG. Women of the 17 th Century were very interesting . Some women in the 17 th Century were strong minded and independent

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Women in the 17 th Century

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  1. Women in the 17th Century MADAME DE SAINT Pal2pal.com CATHERINE THE GREAT Pal2pal.com MARESHA KIDD

  2. STRONG Women of the 17th Century were very interesting . Some women in the 17th Century were strong minded and independent . During this time women would dress and portray their self as men just so they can fight in war. Pal2pal.com MARESHA KIDD

  3. QUIET Unmarried virgins and wives were to maintain silence in the public and give unstinting obedience to father and husband, though widows had some scope for making their own decisions and managing their affairs. (Taylor 1708) cfa.ilstu.edu MARESHA KIDD

  4. revenge • Women took up for their families as well as the man did. When someone hurt them or their family , the woman of the house seek REVENGE. MARESHA KIDD

  5. HARD WORKERS Women worked just like he man did but even harder. They took care of the children, milked the cows, cook dinner ,and worked on the farm. Yahoo.com MARESHA KIDD

  6. Strong and confident women that played major roles like Lady of Merica led troops against the Vikings and Olga of Russia.((Salzman 1562) Yahoo.com MARESHA KIDD

  7. Lazy men • Most men could not run a farm or a business without their wife’s help.(Stern 1698). Google.com MARESHA KIDD

  8. WARRIORS There are depictions of Hittite women warriors from 1300 BC (Greer 1685). There was a female chariot fighter competing against men (Kenyon 1776) Yahoo.com MARESHA KIDD

  9. Aristocratic ladies who led troops in seige and batle included Alrude Countess of Bertinoro.(Bijvoet 1780) Madame de Saint Baslemont de Neuville as well as two unamed aristocratic sisters fought duels.(Stern 1676) Labourstart.org MARESHA KIDD

  10. LEADERS Lady Agnes Randolph (1300-1369), known as Black Agnes fought for de Bruce. (Graham 1550). Queen of Edward III , led twelve thousand soldiers against the invading Scots in 1346 and captured their king , David Bruce (Graham 1554) Google.com MARESHA KIDD

  11. PROTECTING THEIR HOME Google.com MARESHA KIDD

  12. WOMEN WANTED THEIR REVENGE Mademoiselle Leverrierfouht a duel with the naval officer, Duprihez , who jilted her (Baldick 1777) Google.com MARESHA KIDD

  13. We wanted “real” jobs MARESHA KIDD

  14. THIS IS NOW AND FOREVER!!! MARESHA KIDD

  15. WE HAD TO MULTITASK..WHY..? BECAUSE MEN ARE LAZY ;K Women were also tailoresses, milliners , dyers , shoemakers, and embroiderers, (Rensselaer 1772). They were also washerwomen . Worked in food preparation such as brewers bakers and confectioners and TOOK CRE OF THE CHLDREN/HUSBAND Youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com MARESHA KIDD

  16. WOMEN IN THE 17TH CENTURY WAS STRONG AND THEY STOOD UP FOR THEM SELVES THEY WASN’T JUST HOUSEWIFES!!! Google.com MARESHA KIDD

  17. WOMEN ARE SMART!!! Yahoo.com MARESHA KIDD

  18. Their lives revolved around their family if you cross their family you crossed them. They cleaned cooked brewed beer , washed and help the men work on farms(Baldick 1777) Sodahead.com MARESHA KIDD

  19. Google.com Women was seen as a social outcast (Graham 1750). We couldn’t work certain jobs and the “men though we wasn’t good enough to fight in war.. We had to wear what they THOUGHT we should put on. MARESHA KIDD

  20. In 1795 the French revolutionary governement ordered French women to return to their homes and prohibited them from attending political meetings, or gathering in groups of more than five women (Taylor 1766). Ncfm.org MARESHA KIDD

  21. Women took part in the Crusades in the armies of the Emperor Conrad and William Count of Poitiers in spite of a papal bull forbidding them to do so. Google.com MARESHA KIDD

  22. In 1545 , Lillard led the Scots at the battle of Ancrum (Graham 1556). tt.mop.com MARESHA KIDD

  23. Mademoiselle La Maupin, an actress who dies in 1707 , was trained in swordfightiing by her . She issued more than one challenge to duel , and was pardoned by king Louis XIV after killing several men in one evening ball (Baldick 1775) 123rf.com MARESHA KIDD

  24. Jemima Wmer took her deceased husbands place in the ranks during an American army expedition into Canada led by General Richard Montogomery and Colonel Benedict Arnold (Baldick 1776) Google.com MARESHA KIDD

  25. EDUCATED Google.com MARESHA KIDD

  26. Germaine Greer- “Kissing of the Rod New York” : Frariar Straus Giroux,1988 Elspeth Graham –” Her Own Life” Psychology Press ,1989 Robert Baldick – “The Duel” Indiana University : Chapman & Hall ,1996 Paul Salzman –”Early Modern Women’s Writing”-Oxford , Oxford University ,2008 Jeremy Taylor- “ The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living” London , Pickering 1840 WORK CITED MARESHA KIDD

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