Women in different societies around the world, during the Middle Ages, experienced difficulties and different roles. These challenges and roles helped shape how they were perceived in their society. Some women were treated better and more equal than others. In Rome, medieval England, and Viking society, women's legal status, education, marriage, and family roles were seen as diverse, but also similar. In some countries, women have more or less power than women in other countries, but none equal the power that women have in the United States today. Women in ancient Rome did not have the same legal status as their husbands, fathers, or any other male figures in society. Women were not allowed to carry out legal transactions without the consent of their husband or father. This showed how men were superior and controlled the family's money. A woman was permanently attached to her family of origin and that of her husband, if she married. If they worked, those jobs were considered of little importance. Their jobs have always been considered secondary to men. Usually a woman's job was to take care of the home and please her husband. Women who tried to take a “higher” job, such as nursing, were considered witches. Women therefore tended to take inferior jobs or jobs that men did not want. Women of this era could be a lady of the manor, a nun, a free townswoman, etc. The lady of the manor was a woman who ruled manors, farms and castles. She normally dealt with the management of land, crops, animals, properties, workers and legal arguments. It has always been considered “women’s work”. A woman could also be nun. The main job of a nun was to “work” for God. Typically, a woman's job was to be a free townswoman, meaning she kept order in her home and also helped her husband in business. The woman helped him in his profession or practiced hers. It was rare for a woman to have another job, especially one that required a lot of work.