gender roles in the early times

I read an article about the difference in women roles in the past compared to todays. This article said what women mostly did in the 1900s was cook, clean, take care of the many children and you couldn't vote. They had no say in any politics, debate, discussions, or readings. And before then women belonged to their father and then they became property of their husband. It's funny reading an article like this because I never realized how different the lives have changed. Like now you could divorce your parents and you can vote and you don't have to stay at home, you can actually have a job. You can go to school, be anything you want to be, and actually be involved with decisions. In some ways I think that the present is better but I do think that the earlier times had more respect and responsibility than today.

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976727868

"Gender Roles and Feminism." Gather. February 03, 2006. 10 Feb 2009 .