WORLD HISTORY

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: -This meant that middle and upper-class women were no longer agents of production and could concentrate on creating a nurturing home environment. In this role, it was believed that women had superior moral virtue to men and this was demonstrated by domesticity, piety, purity, and submissiveness.

Detailed explanation-3: -The “cult of domesticity” was an ideal of womanhood that was prominent during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This value system offered a distinct image of femininity that placed women within the homes and as the centers of their families.

Detailed explanation-4: -This ideal that emerged of the “New Woman” was a direct contrast to the cult of domesticity, and women began taking on jobs in the public sector, smoking cigarettes, using birth control methods, and making their own financial decisions. In 1920, women finally gained the right to vote.