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Throughout the colonial period there was a marked shortage of women, which varied with the (36) and was always greatest in the frontier areas. This (37) ratio enhanced women’s status and position and (38) them to pursue different careers.
The Puritans, the religious group that (39) the early British colonies in North America, regarded (40) as a sin, and believed that life in an under-developed country made it (41) necessary that each member of the (42) perform an economic function.
Thus work for women, married or single, was not only (43) , it was regarded as a civil duty. Puritan town councils expected widows and unattached women to be self-supporting and for a long time provided poor unmarried women with parcels of land. There was no social sanction against married women working; on the contrary, (44) .
The vast majority of women worked within their homes, (45) . The entire colonial production of cloth and clothing and partially that of shoes was in the hands of women. In addition to these occupations, (46) They were butchers, silversmiths, gunsmiths and upholsterers. They ran mills, plantations, tanyards, shipyards, and every kind of shop, tavern, and boardinghouse. They were gatekeepers, jail keepers, sextons, journalists, printers, apothecaries, midwives, nurses, and teachers. Throughout the colonial period there was a marked shortage of women, which varied with the (36) and was always greatest in the frontier areas. This (37) ratio enhanced women’s status and position and (38) them to pursue different careers.
The Puritans, the religious group that (39) the early British colonies in North America, regarded (40) as a sin, and believed that life in an under-developed country made it (41) necessary that each member of the (42) perform an economic function.
Thus work for women, married or single, was not only (43) , it was regarded as a civil duty. Puritan town councils expected widows and unattached women to be self-supporting and for a long time provided poor unmarried women with parcels of land. There was no social sanction against married women working; on the contrary, (44) .
The vast majority of women worked within their homes, (45) . The entire colonial production of cloth and clothing and partially that of shoes was in the hands of women. In addition to these occupations, (46) They were butchers, silversmiths, gunsmiths and upholsterers. They ran mills, plantations, tanyards, shipyards, and every kind of shop, tavern, and boardinghouse. They were gatekeepers, jail keepers, sextons, journalists, printers, apothecaries, midwives, nurses, and teachers.