A woman must be religious. She
was like a "new Eve working with
God". Religion in women was
viewed positively and it was a
must have. A non-religious
woman was looked down upon.
Two:
Purity
A woman needed to be sexually pure in order to be
a "woman", otherwise she was a "fallen woman". The
marriage night was viewed as an important day in a
woman's life, more like the best day, because it was
the day she would give up her virginity, her most
precious possession to the love of her life.
From the moment she
gives her husband her
virginity she is no longer
independent and relies
on solely him, and she
becomes his possession
rather than a human.
Woman were looked
down upon if they
stepped out of their
marriage, and it ruined
her image as a woman.
Three: Submissiveness
Men had to be religious, pure,
but were never really
expected to be. Men weren't
suppose to be submissive
either.
Women were
expected to be
submissive on the
other hand. This was
the way things were
and it was imprinted
in women's minds.
The Young
Ladies Book
was for the
women who
weren't aware
of how to be a
woman, or how
it was
expected for a
woman to act.
Four: Domesticity
Woman were meant to
stay at home. This was
their safety net. She
was to maintain a busy
schedule filled of tasks
that would maintain and
fulfill her piety and
purity.
A woman's
schedule
consisted of
housework,
needle work,
crafts, childcare,
and keeping a
happy home. She
needed to
perform wifely
duties, and that
was all that was
expected of her.
Based in middle-class
society
Between 1820 and the Civil
War there was a lot of
growing in the economy.
There were new industries,
businesses, and professions.
Some middle class
families had their toes
dipped in the waters
of the preindustrial
society, but their lives
were different in a
few ways.
In a nineteenth century
middle-class family the
mother and kids could
stay home while the
husband worked. They
didn't need both
parents working in order
to survive.
They created the idea that
men were suppose to be
the supporter of the house,
and women were too
delicate to handle the harsh
world of temptations,
violence, and trouble.
Therefore, women were
meant to stay in the safety
of their homes.
The middle-class
family was looked
at as "the
backbone" of
society. This is
where the ideal of
true womanhood
arose called, The
Cult of
Domesticity. Once
it was created, it
was everywhere.
Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth
Stanton
Susan B. Anthony joined the
women's rights movement in
1852 because she experienced
the feeling of being forced to
stay quiet at temperance rallies.
She was also acquainted with
Elizabeth Stanton, which
probably brought her more of a
wanting to join the movement.
No matter how crazy things got for Anthony she
chose to fight. She traveled all over to give lectures
and spread the word about woman's rights.
Although she was all about
woman's suffrage she also
fought for the abolition of
slavery, the right for women to
own their own property, the
right for women to retain their
own earnings, and she
advocated for women's labor
organizations. Overall she
fought for equality.
She had an aggressive spirit.
Her words were powerful and she
made an impact in history.
Elizabeth Stanton
Alice Paul
The most important things she has done, and the
thing she's most famous for, is getting the 19th
amendment passed.