They had very few rights, compared to today. They were legally the property of their father or husband, and only the most wealthy upper-class women had the freedom to study or to travel. Upper-class women might have a private tutor, or they might attend one of the newly-established girls' schools, where they learned music, the arts, literature, religion, and basic mathematics. But again, the right to attend such a school was contingent on the father or other male members of the household approving of the idea; and no universities in Europe would have accepted a female student at that time. Many upper-class women had some business training so that they could effectively run a home with servants and maintain a budget; some of these women were able to afford nice clothing, and thanks to family money, they could become patrons of the arts. But few women, even in the upper class, were able to make independent decisions about their life. And if you were a lower class woman, you were generally not able to study at all, nor decide upon the direction your life would take. You went to work as a young girl, and learned the skills that were considered necessary to make your employer happy. Your life was about raising children and obeying your husband's wishes. Now and then, a lower-class young woman was fortunate enough to have a progressive employer who saw her intelligence and gave her a chance to study with a tutor; but this was the exception rather than the rule.
slaves
because the women did not have the rights to do it
The middle 16th century would be 1550-1560.
Both Women's Suffrage (early 20th century) and the Civil Rights Movement (mid-20th century) attempted to secure voting rights.
Many countries took decades after revolution to grant women basic rights of voting and education.
Women had no rights in 15th century Denmark. Women were not able to vote until 1915.
In the 16th century UK, women had very limited rights. They were considered legally subordinate to men, with few property or inheritance rights. Women were generally expected to be obedient to their husbands and had few opportunities for education or employment outside the home.
slaves
Grace O'Malley
Where in the world?
They wore large dresses shapped like scrotums.
16th Century
because the women did not have the rights to do it
The equal rights movement was a continuation of the women's suffrage movement of the previous century. Women were still not afforded all the rights that men had.
16th century October.
Portraits of the women from the 16th Century in England might look similar because, at the time, portraits had to be drawn and painted. There was only a handful of people at that time who were skilled enough to do this type of work.
i guess they could have but it would have been EXTREMELY weird