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Women are not good with money?  Did you grow up hearing that? I did. At one time, women did not have bank accounts, handle cheques or any of that sort of stuff. Today, I am consulting an article in The Guardian that looks at women’s financial rights from Cleopatra’s time to present. I am also going to do more research so I can relate Canada’s role in this.



We are going to start by looking at life in ancient Egypt, 3100 BCE and after. Back then, women had the same financial rights as men. They were able to hold and dispose of property in their name. They could enter into contracts, sue and be sued, serve on juries, be trial witness and witness legal documents.


Next, we will look at the biblical era, 1800 BC and after. Consulting Jewish law then, a woman had the right to own her own property and sue in court without a man representing her. However, she could not directly inherit from her husband - unless it was a gift and there were no children – and daughters could not inherit unless there were no sons.  The Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Hebrew bible states: “If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.”  However, the sons took care of their mothers and sisters.

From 1500BC and after, ancient Hinduism allowed women to control stridhan or property before marriage and that included gifts from friends, family and strangers as well the money she earned working.  However, no one divorced and inheritance laws favoured males.


In ancient Greece, women had more constraints.  A female could not inherit property or take a case to court unless a male guardian was present. Women could work in certain industries though, such as tavern keeping. Those positions were only for the lower class however.


We still have a lot more to cover in this series so I will see you on Thursday with part two of this look into how women and finances have fared over the years.



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