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Woman's Struggle for Independence Women have had to fight for there independence. They have been look down on for a long period of history. Only recently have women started to gain respect as equals and individuals. Even today women are still looked down upon for there sex. From the begging of history women have been viewed as a lesser sex. In the time Mesopotamia women we in charge of the children and the home. In Ancient Egypt women had no power or authority. Women were viewed as property. The Hebrews, alto respecting women, did not allow them to own any property onto have an active place in government. In Rome women were not allowed to voice there opinions .They were viewed as lesser beings, who's role in society was to give birth and to take care of children. They were property of there husbands and not viewed as individuals. There husband was there master and women were slaves and was often mistreated by there husband. Women were servants to the guys. During the middle ages women still had almost no rights. They still didn't have the right to voice there opinion and were still viewed as property. If they disobeyed the male they were punished. The art of the Renaissance gave women some freedom to voice t