The roles of Colonial women were generally the same but varied in practice based on their class and wealth status.
Women of lower classes had roles such as:
- Child bearing - there was an emphasis on giving birth to many children to both colonize more land and help in the farms.
- House management - women were expected to take care of the house by doing things such as cleaning, cooking, mending clothes, making clothes, and raising their children.
- Making food - women were expected to make food as well from the animals such as butter, meat, milk and eggs. Even things such as soap were made by them.
- Work - women in lower classes usually had to help their husbands with work by for instance, working in bars and processing farm produce.
Women of higher classes had such roles as:
- House management - here there were enslaved people and servants so the women just had to ensure that they were doing a good job
- Making food - it was the duty of women to ensure that the food cooked by their servants were up to standard
- Raising children - like most other roles, the women had a managerial role over the educators and servants who took care of the children
In conclusion, women of all classes were generally considered as domestic help who had to take care of the house. Higher class women however, had help while the lower classes didn't.
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