In Tudor times what were the only functions in life for women?

They did not only have one or two functions.

Women at the start of this period could work in monasteries, but were also a driving force behind the reformation later.

They worked as servants, spinsters, as members of guilds, tailors, shoemakers, embroiderers, washerwomen, brewers, bakers or midwives.

The ones that did not have a profession, were usually involved in the family business and farming, while also doing housework and raising children.

A few noble women became writers (the sixteenth century was a great time for female learning) and translators, while others took care of the estates or acted as ladies-in-waiting. And let's not forget a great queen came to the throne in 1558.