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Women in the colony

Marriage

INTRODUCTION

Quiteño elite

Goals

1

consolidate economically

increase family assets

2

increase political power

3

Was love important for these marriages?

Love

Answer

No

Economic and social convenience of marriages.

women

Preserve the lineage

Family unity

Marriages

Families were present for generations in Cabildo and city.

conclusion

did women play a passive role?

women

Answer

No, actually

Dependent on

  • fathers
  • brothers
  • sons
  • sons-in-law

They had an active role

Women mange their finances independently.

  • commercial transactions
  • buying and renting stores and grocery stores.
  • lending money
  • financing family business.

Gifts that women gave when they got married.

  • cash
  • payment in kind

what???

  • haciendas
  • houses in the city
  • clothes
  • plots

roi

ROI

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