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24 Cards in this Set
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What type of women were especially accused of witchcraft in the 17th Century? |
Unmarried women. |
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What was a woman’s role in the 17th Century? |
Run the household and bring up children. |
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Some women were required to be able to read or write so that they could also teach their children. True or false? |
True |
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What was the role of women in the gentry? |
Direct servants and staff. |
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What was the role of women in the peasantry/agriculture? |
Carry out physical work herself. |
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How were women punished for ‘gossiping’ or ‘becoming a nuisance’? |
• The Brank, a metal device that fitted over the head, humiliating the victim and making it impossible to talk • accused of being a witch, punishable by hanging in England and burning at the stake in Scotland |
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Why did opportunities for women increase after 1642? |
The aftermath of the First Civil War. |
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Why did the Civil War increase opportunities for women? |
Men were at war, so women had to take their roles at home. |
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Which group of people was women taking men’s roles post-Civil War most common in and why? |
Gentry families, as large estates needed to be managed. |
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Name 3 examples of women managing large estates that would usually be managed by their husbands. |
• Brilliana Harley directed forces to defend her family’s estate in Herefordshire • Lucy Hutchinson managed the estate of her parliamentarian colonel husband John • Mary Banks, a royalist, commanded troops in the defence of Corfe Castle |
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True or false: women’s conditions improved as a result of the end of the Civil War. |
False. |
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What value did the Puritans possess in regards to the family? |
The family was at the heart of worship rather than the church. |
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What value did the Puritans possess in regards to the family? |
The family was at the heart of worship rather than the church. |
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True or false: it was necessary for women to be able to read in order to instruct their children in religious education after Puritanism influenced education. |
True. |
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Which Puritan sect that supported women’s education only founded 4 schools willing to teach girls before 1671? |
The Quakers. |
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How many women petitioned Parliament for peace in August 1643? |
Up to 6,000. |
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Which Leveller leader’s wife, along with Katherine Chidley, organised a petition for his release from prison in 1649? |
John Lilburne (his wife’s name was Elizabeth). |
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How many women signed the Lilburne petition and was it successful? |
10,000 and no, Parliament refused, said women should return home and continue with housework and Lilburne was not released. |
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Which radical Puritan group advocated for both male and female suffrage? |
The Diggers. |
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Why did the Quakers believe that women had the right to speak up in church, preach and give their opinion? |
They believed that God’s light was in every person, regardless of whether they were male or female. |
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Why were the 1% of the population that were Quakers in 1680 able to flourish? |
The Toleration Act of 1650. |
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What Act restricted the Quakers? |
The Quaker Act (1662). |
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True or false: despite the Quakers’ views, their founder, George Fox, argued in 1676 for the end of separate women’s activities. |
False, he advocated for their continuation. |
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Did the Marriage Act passed by the Barebones Parliament in 1653 become revolutionary for women’s rights? |
No, it was largely ignored and evaded as it did not give men as many rights over their wives. |
