Mabel S. Conclusion

Each culture had different views about the roles of men and women, but none of them had complete equality. Each culture had different jobs, but all of them were divided by gender, and several other things. The English foisted house jobs onto their wives because they thought them weaker. Africans found themselves working most of the time, so there was not a lot of time for them to really have any gender-specific roles. Powhatans gave women jobs they considered honorary. Each culture had their reasons, but women got the house jobs almost every time. Sometimes, there was an escape for women, but it was not complete. Men and women have never been treated truly equal. Several times we have fought for every kind of equality, but we have not yet won this fight. Dark times are coming, but we have to stand together. In times like this, each voice becomes stronger. We become stronger. Solutions will not come at once, but we have to take this first step towards complete equality. After all, the first step is the most important. It is the base, the foundation. It is the foundation we must lay to support the work of others to come, and the foundation that could change our country for the better. Even though we may not succeed at once, we have to try.