What was “The Cult of True Womanhood,” and what four central…
What was “The Cult of True Womanhood,” and what four central virtues did it promote for middle-class women in nineteenth-century America? How did these ideals reflect and reinforce the dominant social, political, and economic structures of the time? In your response, consider how this ideology may have influenced women’s roles within the home and society, and how it may have marginalized the experiences of women from different racial, class, or cultural backgrounds.