Role of Women in Ancient Egypt

Thesis Women in Ancient Egypt had numerous amounts of roles during Ancient History. What was the mapping of a woman in Ancient Egypt? I. Legal mightilys of an Egyptian Woman A. Equal with men 1. Right to possess blank space and dispose of it 2. ofttimes added threats and curses against people who tried to violate their rights B. Divorce 1. A letter describing how a man announced his intention to divorce his married woman. 2. Women kept their own property C. Property 1. Sell, Buy Own. 2. Leave it to whomever she wanted. D.Legal Rights in Open Court 1. Right to bring lawsuits against anyone 2. Won legal cases without gender-bias II. Jobs A. Female Rulers 1. Ahhotep a. married woman of Segnenre-Taa and mother of Kamose and Ahmose b. Presented with the set out of Valor and venerated as the mother of the heroes 2. Ahmose-Nefertari a. Sister and wife of King Ahmose the low b. Presented with patron deities of the villages 3. Queen Tiye a. Wife of Amenhotep the Third and mother of Akhe naten b. Became Royal Wife favored by the King . Nefertiti a. Wife of Akhenaten b. Supported her husband and wholly his reforms, gave him 6 daughters 5. Nefertari a. Wife of Ramesses the Second b. Had the most beautiful tomb in the Valley of the Queens B. Enslavement 1. Hired themselves 2. Served for royalty C. Medicine III. manipulation of Women A. Child Care B. Senior Women in Charge if Household obtain C. Servants IV. Marriage A. Right to decide official Marriage B. Becoming expectant gained respect C. First duty was to be a good wife and mother