Later, as cities grew, women worked in hundreds of professions, as smiths, butchers, bakers, ale brewers, and retailers. But then, during the transition to capitalism, they lost the right to make contracts and represent themselves in court. Not carrying a baby to term became a crime punishable by death. And when married women earned money, their wages were paid to their husbands. Their work, unpaid and compulsory, was now to produce more workers.
