In my second source I found,


Not many woman were aloud to hold jobs as being a teacher or a doctor. Woman with wealthy husbands lived different from woman with poor husbands. If your were a woman with a wealthy husband you would spend the day planning a dinner party for when your husband got home. These type of woman began their day with prayers. After that, they would order their slaves to to fix their hair, make-up and clothes to look beautiful. They were also ordered to begin the dinner and clean the house while the woman relaxed. When the husband returned from work the wife would have to begin greeting and entertaining the guests of the dinner party. Poor women in Rome woke up at the same time as their husbands and worked in the house or fields all day. Usually poor women had to complete a lot of work since they didn't have the money to pay for slaves to help them. Woman weren't as nearly respected as men were.


(http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Romeroles1.html)