What are the roles of men and women in Massachusetts colony?

Answer 1

Women were usually in charge of spinning the (making clothes) because there wasn't much clothes in the early colonial times. They were in charge of cooking the meals (breakfast dinner) Women often helped take care of the chickens by collecting eggs and milking the cows. They made soap during the winter and also made candles. Women brewed beer (because not much pepople drank water) They were expected to have a lot of good knowledge in medicine and first aid. But of course not all women were very good in these tasks. Thats why they received help from their daughters and taught them how to work the house at a young age. Men usually did the big jobs like farming while the woman would help and assist. For example if the man was to chop off the pigs the women would help by turning those pigs and making them into sausages.

Answer 2

In colonial times, there were no department stores or malls; if you needed a product, you either imported it from Another Country (which took months, since it had to arrive by ship) or you made it yourself. The work was often divided up by gender. Men did the "heavy lifting," since they had more physical strength; they built the houses, for example, or cut the logs for fire-wood, or went out hunting for food. They were also in occupations like blacksmiths (they made iron tools and utensils, and they made sure horses had the right horseshoes); printers (they ran the printing press and published pamphlets or newspapers); ministers and choir-masters; and members of the military. Some men ran a small shop and sold goods to others.

Women mainly did domestic work at home-- they cooked, they cleaned, and they sewed. Most women knew how to make rugs with a loom or use a spinning wheel to spin yarn for clothing. Some women helped their husbands with basic farming (such as feeding the animals). Women were also expected to raise the children, and teach their daughters about home-making, since it was assumed girls would grow up, marry young, and have children of their own. (Colleges were few and only upper-class men from wealthy families attended.) And for most people in colonial times, whether male or female, life was much harder than today, because there were no labor-saving devices.