Women & Work in early modern Scotland

In this video, Dr Rebecca Mason discusses the working lives of women in early modern Scotland, showing how work in the past was an intrinsic part of women’s lives.

By exploring the working lives of women in seventeenth-century Scotland, Rebecca explores the effects of life cycle, socioeconomic worth and marital status on women’s capacities for work within a patriarchal society.

Further Reading

Maria Ågren: Making a Living, Making a Difference: Gender and Work in Early Modern European Society (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017)

Catherine Spence: Women, Credit and Debt in Early Modern Scotland (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2016)

Margaret Sanderson: A Kindly Place? Living in Sixteenth-Century Scotland (East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 2002)