Republican Motherhood and the Cult of Domesticity

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Republican Motherhood and the Cult of Domesticity

Post-Revolutionary Era The American Revolution  equality, rationality, & citizenship Mothers are the ones who instill these values in their children Concept of civic virtue: unselfishness of citizens to the common good

Republican Motherhood Selfless devotion of mothers to the family Role=teaching morals & civic virtue to future generations Early example shown in Abigail Adams

Effects More educational opportunities for women Republican mothers= responsible for national survival Increased respect

19th Century Changes Men worked for wages outside of the home Women still confined to “female” jobs Women’s (house)work didn’t earn wages

Cult of Domesticity Women are naturally loving, nurturing, calm, and faithful Needed to instill these virtues in the home Women provide husbands with a sanctuary from his job and politics Women who tried to go beyond the private sphere were shunned

Four Cardinal Rules of the COD Piety Purity Submission Domesticity

Family Effects People married for love Women had fewer children and were more devoted to the individual child Families were closer and more affectionate

Society Effects Decreasing amount of working women in America Step up in overall conditions Family size grew smaller & birth rates dropped https://youtu.be/Sa2zog8XwM0