Reply #16: Were there Women's Rights in the Founding Fathers days?

[Norquist Nemesis]

Yes, women did own property and were politically active. But the times were very much different for women. (Try looking up Mary Wollenstonecraft.)

The issue of having children was much different as well. Larger families were in part for survival. They served a purpose of supporting the family's needs in frontier and rural environments. While I have no doubt they were loved, the mindset of 'let's have a baby' was different. Many "women" were barely into puberty when they married...and many females died in childbirth.