El treball de les dones, entre la legalitat i la conveniència (segles XVII i XVIII)

Female labour unions show that social and economic needs came ahead of the law and how the integration of women, especially in the family, was not
only possible but also proved necessary, covering important work with the textile guilds, complementing the work of the husband, and maintaining continuity of trade over the centuries. Analysis of the ordinances, with special attention to that of silk, demonstrates that corporate life had anticipated the integration of women, which contributed to the cohesion and unity needed in the office and society. Laws also established the situation of unionized women, and those that met the municipal resolutions to be able to work at certain trades on their own account, but with the limitations set out by union privileges. This allowed for cooperation only limited in cases of abuse, when the defence mechanisms of the union, through its governing body, the Council, enforced fines on violators, there turn of which was largely devoted to helping the needy of both the unions and the city