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There were many duties for women in the middle ages. Women would have to plant and harvest crops and also cook the food. They also had to know basic nursing and the correct medicine for their children. Women could also have a job in the village but there were very limited choicexs they could have. they could either be a shopkeeper, a baker, someone who spins and mends clothes or even an alewife which is someone who brews ale. Sometimes they could even look after little animals like chickens. Though they are lucky enough to get jobs they don't get payed much.
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ReneOn farms they would work in the fields when it was light. They also did the cooking, weaving, spinning, taking care of children and little animals, and also being able to use herbs when someone got sick.
Some women worked as servants.
Some would become nuns, who took care of the work in monastries, but also produced wine and honey and took care of sick people.
The church tried to forbid women from doing work that requiered them to read, but women would often work with their husbands in businesses or sell things on markets. As cities became more important, some women became masters in guilds, often after a husband died or if she was trained by her father.
Since women were often discriminated against, most women in guilds were employed by masters, especially in the textile industry and the leather industry, but also in many other professions.
Also, women would also frequently run inns or be midwives.
Noblewomen were responsible for the girls put in her charge. Whenever her husband was absent, she would supervise the adminstration and going-ons in the estate. Some even let the defense of a castle or served as regent for their sons, if they were still young when they became lords.
Most women in the Middle Ages were wives, mothers, artisans, or nuns. Many of them helped their husbands with their businesses, and they also brewed beer and performed midwife duties. At one time, female artisans even had their own guilds. In the late Middle Ages, however, restrictions were placed on women's guilds and also their property rights.
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They helped them
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