The Golden Age

The Myth of the Golden Age In the essay "The Myth of the Golden Age" by Mary Beth Norton, Mary did not agree with historians that is was a "Golden Age" for women during the colonial period. She feels that women's lives outside the home were severely limited. Mary felt women never achieved a status later to be lost. The colonial period, even comparatively speaking, was not a golden age for women. During the colonial …

…looking back at America during the colonial era, it is seen that women were primary shapers in the world of marriage, child-raising and household duties. But as Mary states " a great deal more research is needed in order to allow historians to gain a fuller picture of the female". It might not have been the worst of times for women, but it was definitely not the best of times to be called the "Golden Age".