Women's Role In The Spanish Missions

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Women held many roles at the Spanish Missions. The woman took on many tasks that obligated them to experience hardship, suffering, and neglecting under the Spanish rule. However, they did what the Spanish empire wanted them to carry out. For example, many were converted to Catholicism in the early 1500’s in order to believe in the Spanish. Also, women were predominately care providers who were objectified, sexualized, and examined by the Spanish reign. They believed in them to be safe.

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