WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Freeborn women in ancient Rome were citizens (cives), but could not vote or hold political office. Because of their limited public role, women are named less frequently than men by Roman historians.

Detailed explanation-2: -GREECE (by Theresa Papademetriou): Women were granted the right to vote and to be elected in parliamentary elections in 1952 by Law No. 2159/1952. However, women could not vote in the November 1952 elections because they were not registered in time to be included in the voter registration lists, as required by law.

Detailed explanation-3: -Roman women were not allowed to own property or control their own finances-all family inheritances and dowries were transferred to the husband when a woman married. Nor could women participate in politics-they could neither vote nor run for political office.

Detailed explanation-4: -Greek women had virtually no political rights of any kind and were controlled by men at nearly every stage of their lives. The most important duties for a city-dwelling woman were to bear children–preferably male–and to run the household.

Detailed explanation-5: -Women in the ancient Greek world had few rights in comparison to male citizens. Unable to vote, own land, or inherit, a woman’s place was in the home and her purpose in life was the rearing of children.