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Women's life in the Renaissance

Women's life in the Renaissance. By Greg Schrader, Emily Luna, Eliza Ruiz. Education and Employment . Most women weren’t allowed to have education. However, the rich and powerful were able to receive some education.

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Women's life in the Renaissance

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  1. Women's life in the Renaissance By Greg Schrader, Emily Luna, Eliza Ruiz

  2. Education and Employment • Most women weren’t allowed to have education. • However, the rich and powerful were able to receive some education. • Most women stayed home and took care of kids, did housework, and shopped. • Employment opportunities for women was very limited. • Employment depended on your status and class.

  3. Women's clothing • Special fabrics and colors of clothing were reserved for nobles. • Punishment for wearing prohibited clothing would be fines or jail time.

  4. Marriage and Divorce • People were married in churches. • The ceremony was held three weeks after the announcement. • At the ceremony, there was feasting and music and dancing. • Before 1670, a married couple could divorce if they could prove to the courts that the marriage was never legal in the first place. • It wasn’t legal if there was insanity, heresy, incest, or impotence.

  5. Woman’s views on society • Very few women wrote about their opinions, except in diaries. • Women were able to speak their minds but their beliefs of society were shaped by men. • They were raised to believe their role was to uphold society, and raise the family. most women didn’t question that.

  6. http://www.ehow.com/info_10021711_divorce-renaissance.htmlBy Jaime Golden, eHow Contributor marrige http://www.buzzle.com/articles/renaissance-clothing.htmlLad, Kashmnira. “Renaissance Clothing.” Buzzle.com. n.p. n.d. Web. 8 Oct. 2012. http://library.thinkquest.org/C006522/life/women.phpDate: 10/9/12Author: (Knopf, A. Alfred)http://www2.stetson.edu/~psteeves/classes/kellygadol.htmlDate: 10/9/12Author: (Kelly-Gadol, Joan)http://www2.cedarcrest.edu/academic/eng/lfletcher/shrew/bwomer.htmDate: 10/11/12Author: (Hulburt, S. Holy) http://www2.cedarcrest.edu/academic/eng/lfletcher/shrew/acloud.htm Amanda Cloud Thank You

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