26 dic 1837 anni - The ideal woman - Submissive, quiet, one which lives revolves around her husband, a great host, a great mother, pure, refined, modest, not dumb but not too smart, feminine, a servant The importance of marriage - Women got ‘protection’, no rights without it, social stability, religious meaning, The legal rights of married women - couldn't own property, keep their own wages, couldn’t enter into contracts, Education and job opportunities - few received education, attended dame schools, focused on most wom (Il nastro del tempo)