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Maddie:
Sharnette,Heather.https://www.elizabethi.org. Self-published. 1998-2019. Accessed 24 Apr. 2019

Vivian:
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-occupations-and-jobs.htm. Accessed 23 Apr. 2019

Reference.https://www.reference.com/world-view/were-gender-roles-elizabethan-era-aaf4ab9a2b06f21b.  2019 IAC Publishing, LLC. Accessed 23 Apr. 2019

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What jobs did males have and who where they employed by in the in the Elisabethan Era? (Vivian)

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What jobs did males have and who where they employed by in the in the Elisabethan Era? (Vivian)

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For the commoners or peasants of the Elizabethan Era, finding work in towns and the countryside was quite strenuous, but fortunately men had it far better than women. They had “greater freedom, power, and held all the professional jobs in fields.” (Gender Roles) Jobs that individuals had where determined by the class they were in, and commoners often had to become laborers. They also typically worked for wealthy individuals who could actually afford to pay employees. Men often had the jobs of apothecaries, who developed medicines for the ill, blacksmiths, who forged weapons and armor, carpenters, who were craftsmen that worked with wood, and marshalls. They also had the more laborious job of farmers, artisans, cobbler, servants, bottlers, craftsmen, and bakers. Men, usually of low status, played all roles in plays, including those of women. Although, wealthy men performed plays for royalty and extremely rich families.

Wealthier individuals belonging to the upper class in the Elizabethan era were able to acquire more prosperous and comfortable jobs. These gentlemen did not have to work with their hands for a living. Beneath the noble jobs of King and Queen, there were also members of gentry who served royalty, as knights and squires, who were junior to knights and had the “duty of learning about the Code of Chivalry, the rules of Heraldry, horsemanship and practicing the use of weapons.” (Elizabethan Era Occupations) Jobs of the upper class also included chaplains, who were responsible for the religious activities of a castle servants and men at arms, chamberlains, who were officers that collected revenues and paying expenses, stewards, who managed castle estates, and watchmen, who were the castle security, and merchants.

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What jobs did the females have and who where they employed by in the Elisabethan Era? (Maddie)

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What jobs did the females have and who where they employed by in the Elisabethan Era? (Maddie)

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Women were underrated during the Elizabethan Era; much was expected from them but they were often viewed as weak and not able to care for themselves, needing a man to help look after them. After researching from many different resources, it is difficult to say who women were employed by during the Elizabethan Era as they were employed by both men and women. For instance,” female painter, Levina Teerlinc, was employed by Henry VIII and later by Mary and Elizabeth respectively.” Because of this idea, women were not allowed to be employed for certain careers and jobs. In other words, “Women were not allowed to enter the professions i.e law, medicine, politics, but they could work in domestic service as cooks, maids etc, and a female painter” They were also prohibited from attending universities or basically any other public education sites. However, they were allowed to be educated by private tutors in their homes, which was usually only done by the wealthy.

The wealthier women had a higher advantage over the lower class when it came to looking for employment. Since the wealthy women had the money to be educated at home, they learned to read and write from their private tutors. Using their reading and writing skills, they were able to “write works of literature, providing the subject was suitable for women: mainly translations or religious works” Otherwise speaking, the profession of being an author and literary translator was viewed as acceptable for a woman to be employed in.