Marget Paston's Life

Margaret Paston was a young girl who married at age of 18. Due to the absence of her husband, she had the responsibility to take over the house's administration as well as her husband's affairs. Among her chores she cooked smoked ham and bacon, baked bread, preserved fruits and ran the estates as though she was her husband (page 1). Be in charge of the affairs of her husband was not an easy task for her because she was not used to have a close relations with men other than her father or husband. likewise, the comportment book, "The Good Wife's Guide," reflected a married young girl who had to assume household responsibilities as well as assistant business of her husband.