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Being a woman in American from the start during colonization to the civil war was a lot harder than being a man. Poor housewives had to cook meals, make clothing, and doctor their family on top of cleaning, making household goods to use and sell, taking care of their animals, maintaining a fire and even tending to the kitchen gardens. Middle class and wealthy women also shared some of these chores in their households, but they often had servants to help them. Young girls were often married by the age of 13 or 14 and if women weren’t married by the age of 25, it was socially humiliating. Women’s rights were not anywhere near equal to men’s right during the colonization period. The men had all the power over their wives and the wife had to obey them. Anne Hutchinson was not allowed to speak in church because of her gender, she felt certain that Biblical teachings entitled her to freedom of speech in private confines. Consequently, Hutchinson often invited people to her home to discuss sermons and spiritual matters. The church leaders were shocked by her behavior. Despite her insistence that her actions were defended by scripture, they tried her as a heretic and removed her from Massachusetts Bay. This was a woman who did not follow the “role” of the woman during the colonization period. She was criticizing Puritanism and preaching and teaching which the job of a man or husband was. Education for women in the 1800's was a step to women equality. Early in the 1800's women were not allowed to continue school after grammar school. If they wished, they could continue their studies privately because women were considered feeble minded, intellectually challenged, and could not study beyond grammar school.
Things got better during the civil war however, their jobs and professions expanded during the war. Though the experience between women in the North and the South during the Civil War varied at times, many women in the South took up the same roles as those of Northern

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