Question
How did the roles of Iroquois women differ from the roles of European women?
Iroquois women raised children.
Iroquois women had political power.
Iroquois women did household tasks.
Iroquois women made clothing.
Iroquois women raised children.
Iroquois women had political power.
Iroquois women did household tasks.
Iroquois women made clothing.
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The main difference is: Iroquois women had political power.
- Iroquois women (especially clan mothers) chose and could remove male chiefs, managed land and household subsistence, and played major roles in clan and tribal decision-making under a matrilineal system.
- European women in the same era were generally excluded from formal political power, had fewer legal rights, and lived under patriarchal laws and customs.
The other statements are not differences — both Iroquois and European women raised children, did household tasks, and made clothing — but the Iroquois also combined those roles with significant political and economic authority.
- Iroquois women (especially clan mothers) chose and could remove male chiefs, managed land and household subsistence, and played major roles in clan and tribal decision-making under a matrilineal system.
- European women in the same era were generally excluded from formal political power, had fewer legal rights, and lived under patriarchal laws and customs.
The other statements are not differences — both Iroquois and European women raised children, did household tasks, and made clothing — but the Iroquois also combined those roles with significant political and economic authority.
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