Culture of Domesticity
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culture-of-domesticity-213-810927
title:
Culture of Domesticity
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The Culture of Domesticity or Cult of True Womanhood[a] is a term used by historians to describe what they consider to have been a prevailing value system among the upper and middle classes during the 19th century in the United States. This value system emphasized new ideas of femininity, the woman's role within the home and the dynamics of work and family. "True women", according to this idea, were supposed to possess four cardinal virtues: piety, purity, domesticity, and submissiveness. The id
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
19th-century value system for American women
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Domesticity
date created:
2003-06-11T20:39:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T06:41:26Z
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