Cult of Domesticity (jan 1, 1820 – jan 1, 1860)
Description:
Women were designed exclusively for the roles of wife and mother and were expected to cultivate Piety, Purity, Submissiveness, and Domesticity in all their relations.• Middle/Upper-class belief
• Protected women from the outside world
• Moral influence over husbands and children
• Education of children
• Republican Motherhood
– women responsible for teaching moral values of the Republic
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1820
jan 1, 1860
~ 40 years