n the Greek city-state Athens women were not allowed to vote or hold office. Women were not really included in public events at all. In Athens there was 3 classes of women: 1. The Wives Class 2. Housewives 3. Poor Women. Women who had husbands were only allowed to go to religious ceremonies. Poor women were defined as widows, slaves, and girls’ whose parents left them when they were babies. Women slaves were almost like prisoners of war and did not have any rights.The most respectable job a women could have in ancient Athens was to be a housewife. In this society for a woman to earn respect was to run the household. In another Greek city-state Sparta women were well respected! Called the “Alpha Women” of the Ancient Greek world. Wielded the
