Role Of Colonial Housewife

Not only was she responsible for cooking, baking, milking, spinning, washing, cleaning, child care, but she was also responsible for home manufacturing. A responsible housewife was supposed to be resourceful with her family's budget which led to manufactured goods being a vital contribution to the success of a household. Since home manufactured goods such as dairy products and textiles were created within the home and by a wife, a woman's husband was the owner of the goods and also the money received in exchange for the goods produced.[38] When necessary, it was also the responsibility of the colonial housewife to help her husband in agriculture endeavors or to assist their artisan husbands. Wives would often keep small gardens or even help