6. Who it affected?
• It was only a prevailing view for the middle
and upper classes of the U.S. and Great Britain
in the 19th century.
• Usually literate women in the Northeastern
part of the U.S.
7. Requirements
• Calm
• Nurturing
• loving/faithful wife
• Passive/delicate
• Need to clean
• Sandwich making
8. In the Cult of Domesticity women had
four cardinal virtues that they abided.
10. 2. Purity
• pure in heart, mind, and body
• To lead and influence a calm and healthy
enviorment in their house hold
11. 3. Submission
• men dictated all actions and decisions
• Cared for their child’s needs over their own
• “Perpetual Childhood”
12. 4. Domesticity
• Division between work and home
• Men went to work to earn a living
• Women stayed at home to create a safe haven
for her child and husband
17. Impact on society
• Gave men a sense that women did have some
importance.
• Women continued to serve the men
• Woman had more opportunities for education
18. “Republican Motherhood”
• Compared to a Spartan lifestyle
• Mothers taught their children the importance
of sacrificing yourself for the good of the
country
19. Why Important?
• It isn’t
• Stepping stones for marriage life
• Start of woman’s rights
20. How things are today?
• Women have 98% equality as men
• Women have become lazy
• Some still respect old ways
• All-Stars