Women's Roles In The Iroquois Community

Women in the Iroquois community had a number of social roles, these roles include, being political participates. The clan mothers are the conscience of the clan chiefs, in other words the women directed the chiefs in making important decisions for the clan. Another role that women have in the confederacy is to be a clan mother. A clan mother is a female Iroquois that takes care of the longhouse and owns it too, her jobs are to choose Iroquois men to be chiefs and represent their clan, and if the mother decides that the man is not doing his job, she has the authority to remove him from his place. Some other responsibilities of the clan mother is to clean and care for the longhouse, prepare food for the family, and take care of the children. They also make household items. If a member of the family does not do what was told by the mother or go against her word, the clan mother can refuse to provide food for them. One off the important jobs of a woman in the Iroquois community is to teach their daughters how to cook, clean and do whatever a female in the society was supposed to know and do. For example, a clan mother has to teach her daughter
Having someone as a clan leader or in this case clan mother is a good idea because not only are they always at the house controlling food, and taking care of children, they also choose someone (man) to make decisions for the clan. And as a backup the clan mother is there to help them make good and careful judgments. Another advantage is that because the decision will affect everyone in the clan, is it why it is a good idea to let older children who are eligible to make well thought out decisions, have a say in an important change or decision. All these points make roles of the Iroquois people part of a