Women's Role in Empires
Have you ever pondered why woman are fighting for equal rights year after year? Well the fight for rights has been going on longer than you can imagine. Sexism is something that greatly influenced ancient empires and it is still in full effect today. Despite robust sexism many women rose above this and became leaders while others fell back in the shadows of men. “A woman was like a child in the eyes of the law.” (Bulliet 145) A fight still being battled to this day is the woman’s rights. Woman’s rights, or lack thereof mainly consist of education and business. If a young girl was fortunate enough to receive any education at all, it would be minimal. As far as business goes, unless a female was married in manu (in her husband’s control) she could not own or inherit property. They also were forced to keep a tutela or guardian until their death. It was extremely rare for a woman to run her own business. The others were more likely than not lamp-makers, midwives, hairdressers or in few ca