Notes - Dier el-Medina from "Societies From The Past"
Women
o<Tab/>The position of women in the New Kingdom must be pieced together from a variety of sources ranging from scenes from their husbands' tombs to references in writings such as the "Instructions" which encouraged 'correct' womanly behaviour.
o<Tab/>As children, girls did not receive the same education as their brothers. Most women couldn't read or write.
o<Tab/>Their rank in society was that of their father or husband.
o<Tab/>Large families were the ideal and marriage was…
