[Grammar] a lot of times?

[Heidi]

Dear teachers,

Would you please tell me if I should use 'a lot of time' or 'a lot of times' and 'a formal education' or 'the formal education' in the following sentences. Thank you.

"women back then a lot of times didn't receive a formal education, they were just expected to stay at home and help with the chores...."

 

[sarat_106]

Dear teachers,

Would you please tell me if I should use 'a lot of time' or 'a lot of times' and 'a formal education' or 'the formal education' in the following sentences. Thank you.
"women of yore then having a lot of time (s) didn't receive a formal education, they were just expected to stay at home and help with the chores...."

Just a correction, you can say women of yore = women of old time.
A lot of time, because, here time is used as uncountable.
No ‘the’, a formal education, as this does not refer to any specific education

 

[tedtmc]

A lot of time, because, here time is used as uncountable.

I disagree.

very frequent - a lot of times, lots of times are acceptable.

 

[Raymott]

tedtmc is right, but it might be better to avoid that phrase altogether.
You've already used a time phrase - "back then".

Women back then usually didn't receive a formal education.
Women back then generally didn't receive a formal education.
Women back then rarely received ...
Most women back then didn't receive ...
The majority of women back then ...
etc.