Throughout history, women's roles have changed dramatically. As times have changed, so have opportunities and demands. Women adapted very well to these new changes and were thus able to influence and help shape these periods, as well as benefit from them. Women suffered a lot of discrimination and were not allowed to attend college, vote, speak in public, or own property. Moreover, they had no choice but to fight for their place in society. Despite all these difficulties, women gathered their strength and succeeded in establishing permanent social changes. In early America, a wife's job often involved running a home, farm, or plantation alongside her husband. Cooking, making clothes, spinning yarn, sewing, and weaving cloth took up much of a woman's time. Women played a huge role in the colonial era, in the revolutionary era, in the era of middle-class reforms, at the turn of the century, in the 1920s and 1960s. Even though these times did not Although it was easy for most women, they still managed to get through it. During the colonial era, the work was extremely difficult, exhausting and the rest of the population did not appreciate this situation. In poor families, women were mostly at home and played the role of housewife, which meant they had to cook, clean, make clothes, take care of animals, etc. In wealthy families, women did the same thing but had a servant instead. to help. It was normal for a girl to get married at the age of 13. If, at 25, they didn't get married, they weren't normal. This was mainly because of economic benefits and not because they wanted to or were in love. Parents did not educate their daughters because most families could not afford it. "Colonial parents were concerned about the expense of educating their daughters, as long as it did not interfere with their household chores." Most researchers say that the Victorian era was a time of increasing polarization between the sexes , for women were expected to fit themselves into a strictly defined sphere of domestic and moral duties” (Clinton and Lunarini 40). In the 1920s, women had been fighting for the right to vote for 72 years. drastic, even shocking changes, the biggest change in the role of women was the “flapper”. These women cut off all their hair and started wearing makeup. Flappers took many risks and were uncontrolled. They were also known to smoke, drink and become sexually active. They also changed the role of women in the 1920s. They didn't care what people thought of them. They danced, drank, smoked and partied. Also known as the "Roaring Twenties," the 1920s were a time of great change in America..