Most time, the women in ancient Asia assert their independence by claiming that she is oldest living member of the family if the husband dies.
During the ancient Asia, majority of women worked in the home weaving silk and caring for the silkworms that produced it.
Despite that they played a main role in production, the gender was mostly restricted to conventional role and not accommodated in government authority and were seen as inferior to male.
Hence, the the women in ancient Asia assert their independence by claiming that she is oldest living member of the family if the husband dies.
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