Women's Rights In Africa In The Late 19th Century

Women from all around like Europe, Asia, and Africa had no rights, no nothing. Men walked around acting like women were their property, as if they owned women. Laws would be made just for women because they couldn’t do the same things as men could. They didn’t get the chance to have any real job, didn’t get the chance to be at a school, and didn’t get the chance to marry who they wanted. Women were not allowed to in the many professions, such as teachers, lawyers, and doctors. Some women would work as tailors, milliners, dyers, shoemakers and some in the food preparation. Even though they had few job opportunities many were housewives, they were always doing something, and without the women the men would not be able to run a farm or a business. They were very hard working and they still didn’t get the same chance as men to have bigger professions. Many women in Europe were mangers of their households. Though women in Africa were slaves and they worked harder than anyone …show more content…
Their mothers would take the time and teach their daughters arithmetic and skills. If a girl had a father that worked as a merchant the father would often teach the daughter to run the business, they would soon be able to own the business. When the 16th century was coming to an end many of the girls would not focus so much on academic subjects but more on skills such as music and embroidery. They thought it would be a bit more useful, but it doesn’t mean they didn’t learn reading and writing. Also some women / girls didn’t get a chance to education like in other countries. It doesn’t mean that all of them didn’t get educated, just that most might not have gotten the opportunity to get