sep 1, 441 BC - Women in Athens

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Expected to be a good wife
§ Excluded from public life
§ Expected to take care of family & house
§ Strictly controlled
§ Could not own property
§ Male guardians
§ Married at 14 or 15 – learned responsibilities early
§ Did not receive formal education
§ Didn’t work outside the home – unless poor
§ If they did, could only work at unskilled jobs, not skilled trades

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