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An 8 page paper which examines the role of women in these two societies. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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roles were symbolically engraved in stone and carried down from one generation to the next. The civilizations of Egypt and Rome provide examples that occupy the spectrum of what
womens roles consisted of during ancient times. Unfortunately, there is very little historical information regarding the average woman since most of the social focus was always on the elite
or upper-middle-class woman. Also, in keeping that most documentation falls under the category of "history," it is typically a males interpretation of what a woman was in ancient times
that exists as the only documentary record. Not surprisingly, there is little known about the non-elite Egyptian woman, since it was the royals and elites commanding the lions share
of attention (Robins 157). There are no existing ancient Egyptian texts by women about women of the time, and despite there being a number of female artists, the dominant
portrayals are crafted by men and seen through their eyes (Robins 157). Like many states during this epoch, Egypt was governed by men, and as the literature of the
times reveal, "a womans rank in society was a reflection of her husbands position" (Callender 12). As one poem of the time expresses: "Rank creates its rules: A woman
is asked about her husband, A man is asked about his rank" (Callender 12). By far the most important role for women in the society of ancient Egypt was social,
but not surprisingly was dictated by something other than whim. Elite women ordinarily married men that were members of their social class, and because of their prenuptial affluence, they
typically enjoyed financial independence (Wrobel 159). In Egypt, men and women were expected to marry and have children, but there were no legal or religious laws dictating they do
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