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This document summarizes the role of women in the Ottoman economy based on archives from the Prime Ministry Ottoman Archives. It finds that women played a significant role in economic activities and were actively involved in social and economic issues, contrary to common depictions of Ottoman women being limited to the framework of the harem. Women participated heavily in agriculture and had a big role in textile production. Archives show women working in textile industries at home and women owning silk pro
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