Working Women

During the Middle Ages, women exercised roles in the labor field as men. This sort of movement, where women have legal right to work, was called "Femme Sole." This was an improvement for women by conducting business apart from their husbands (page 3). Single widows as well as married women, were able to achieve independence. To illustrate, Margery Kempe was a woman who, in addition to performing household chores, was also a business woman whose profits were for herself. She decided to become independent woman, removing her husband's power.