RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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“Women are the equal of men in every way and deserve to have equal pay and equal opportunity in the workplace.”
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“As women, we should be submissive and worry only about the welfare of their husband and children.”
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“We contributed to our nation’s glorious victory in World War I and therefore deserve to have rights comparable to men!”
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Part of the separate spheres ideology, the “Cult of Domesticity” identified the home as a woman’s “proper sphere". Women were supposed to inhabit the private sphere, running the household and production of food (including servants), rearing the children, and taking care of the husband.
Detailed explanation-2: -A new ideology about women circulated in the mid-nineteenth century called the Cult of True Womanhood. The ideology defined women as pillars of virtue who represented the values of piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the four passages in this lesson, at least two of the four principles of the Cult of Domesticity-piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity-are illustrated, either positively or negatively.
Detailed explanation-4: -The cult of domesticity was system of cultural beliefs or ideals in the 19th century that governed gender roles in upper-and middle-class society. According to this ideology, women should exist in the private, domestic sphere of the home, and should not venture into the public sphere for work like men do.