Roles of Women in the 1800s.

Women's role in the 1800s included of many chores that they had to do on a daily basis. On Monday they would do their laundry. On Tuesday would be ironing and mending any torn clothes that they would had. Baking would be on Wednesday and Saturday, daily tidying of kitchen and parlor, and thorough cleaning on Thursday and again on Saturday. They would always be taking care of the children, cooking three meals a day, carrying water and keeping the fire burning on the stove. About each chore took at least an hour out of their day. Women had charge of the garden, livestock and poultry. If she did not work in the fields herself, she provided room in the house for the extra help that did work in the fields. It is obvious that in this period of time, women’s lives were fraught with tensions. In all, their job was to raise a family and take care of the house. A woman divorcing her husband was not heard of.