The Pre-Industrial American Economy

When you say American history many people think about whom discovery America, about who made the first car and how many things started. One thing many people have forgotten about is woman in the beginning. I going to explain how woman affected the household economy in early America, how important they were to the business of early America, and how the pre-industrial system was not a more advantageous to woman than a capitalist system.

Do you think women were important to the business of early America? Women in early America contributed to the household economy by making or trading for many of the goods that they needed. Men in those days did most of the farm work or they would have jobs that required them to be skilled in, this is how they supported their families. With the men handing that part then that leave the women to do everything else. They did mostly everything inside the home from the basic household things to teaching, nursing, and a lot more. They used fabrics like cotton, wool, and linen, and silk to spin into useable threads that they would use to make clothes and other things that was needed. Also they had to make their owed soap with the use animal fat and lye to make it, they also made candle with the animal fat as well. Women also work and trade with other women in the community. They did this to get rid of extra goods and to acquire things they needed.

Do you think women were important to the business of early America?

I do think women were important to the business of early America. Most of the New England Colonists were farmers. Men could not successfully farm without any help from their wives. The woman helped plant and harvest in the field, cared for the livestock which including butchering and preserving the meat and milking the cow, and turning the milk to butter and cream. On top of all of this they gave birth and also helped other women give birth. They raised the children, responsible for education and moral training of...