jan 1, 1790 - Republican Motherhood

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The Republican Motherhood was an ideology about Women's role before and after the American Revolution. The main idea of it was that daughters and mothers need to be taught ideals of Republicanism in order to teach it to their sons. The main cause of this was to keep women in the domestic sphere. The main effects were increased education for women, and more widespread influence for reform movements.

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