Gather Working Women Of Early Modern Venice Prepared By Monica Chojnacka Version

original research into the ordinary women of Renaissance Venice, A valuable resource. Very insightful about the society of Venice in Rennaisance, I can recommend it to anyone who wants to make a research about that time, In this groundbreaking book, Monica Chojnacka argues that the women of early modern Venice occupied a more socially powerful space than traditionally believed, Rather than focusing exclusively on the women of noble or wealthy merchant families, Chojnacka explores the lives

of womenunmarried, married, or widowedwho worked for a living and helped keep the city running through their labor, services, and products.


Among Chojnacka's surprising findings is the degree to which these working women exercised control over their own lives, Many headed households and even owned their own homes when necessary, they also took in and supported other women of their families, Some were selfemployed, while others had jobs outside the home, They often moved freely about the city to conduct business, and they took legal action in the courts on their own behalf, On a daily basis, Venetian women worked, traveled, and contested obstacles in ways that made the city their own, .