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'''In many of the readings, I was surprised to read that women tended to leave possessions in unequal amounts to their heirs whereas men tended to split up what was theirs equally'''. I would have assumed that men would favor their sons over their daughters, but they tended to leave their offspring relatively equal shares (although in the form of land for sons and movable things for daughters). It is interesting that women favored their daughters in wills. Perhaps this is because women did not have many rights of ownership so the women wanted to aid their female relatives in any way possible. --Clare O. | '''In many of the readings, I was surprised to read that women tended to leave possessions in unequal amounts to their heirs whereas men tended to split up what was theirs equally'''. I would have assumed that men would favor their sons over their daughters, but they tended to leave their offspring relatively equal shares (although in the form of land for sons and movable things for daughters). It is interesting that women favored their daughters in wills. Perhaps this is because women did not have many rights of ownership so the women wanted to aid their female relatives in any way possible. --Clare O. | ||
| − | + | I really found it interesting that even though women had very little power during the time periods of the readings, they seemed to enjoy the power they had with the wills. I think it says something that women left their posessions to their daughters (mostly). Did sons even have a fighting chance? --Catherine K. | |
== Antenuptial contract, Mass, 1653 == | == Antenuptial contract, Mass, 1653 == | ||
