Expectation of Women in 1800s
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| Urban | Rural |
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-knitting, dress making, making clothes -cooking – make bread, cheese, butter, curing meat -decision to move would be up to the man, therefore the women is expected to listin -spend as little as possible (man makes the money) – women expected to take care of domestic responsibilities – can’t marry lower class |
– Mostly First Nations or Metis – expected to be married – First Nations family marry off daughters in exchange for gifts – First Nations will get access to supplies at Forts – Fur trader gets company – trader gets a connection to fur supplies – Women helped fur traders navigate the land – make snow shoes, repair canoes, make soap, candles – helped traders find food and cook – interpreters for fur traders |
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In the 1800s woman were treated very poorly. Men’s health, opinion, and needs always came before the women’s. Woman were expected to know how to make clothes for her family and cook things like bread, cheese, butter, and curing meat. Woman are told to spend little amounts of money so the man does not have to work as much. Woman were told to do a lot of things back then with very little say in what they were doing, when men were thinking of emigrating to Canada the woman didn’t even get to state their opinion on the move all that mattered was the mans decision. Now a days women have come a long way in terms of equality. There are still stereotypes that women cook and clean but is not necessarily expected of them. Women deffinitly have the right to an opinion these days. Women are no longer told what to do. Although equality has come a long way we still have a while to go before women and men are treated equally for example the wgae gap between women and men. Looking at how much we have changed from the 1800s I have faith that our society can make the change and finally see women and men as equals.