1. John Humphrey Noyes and Gender Roles
By Oliver Tesluk and Zachary El-Ali

2. Southern Gender Roles White men had total control of the hierarchy
Power was gained through Paternalism
Equated children, women, and slaves as subordinate to the man
Men had to protect a woman's purity

3. Women in Antebellum America
Weren’t seen as equal to men
Had little opportunities for education and work
Educated women were usually teachers
Education for women developed throughout the nineteenth century

4. Bio Born September 3rd, 1811 Brattleboro, Vermont
Influenced by evangelist Charles Finney to become a minister

5. Ideologies
Perfectionism
Free love
Complex marriage
Mutual Criticism

6. Oneida Community Community of perfectionists lead by Noyes in New York
Practiced complex marriage
Separated from society
Symbolized a utopian/communist society

7. Noyes and Gender Roles
Women and children did not have the sexual freedom of men and elderly men in Oneida
Unwanted children were often prevented from being born
Noyes declared that sexual shame was illogical

8. Works Cited
Home, Beineck. “Oneida Perfectionists.” America and the Utopian Dream | Utopian Communities,
The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. “John Humphrey Noyes.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2 Nov. 2016,
John Humphrey Noyes and the Oneida Perfectionists,
“Women in Antebellum America.” Women in Antebellum America,
“Home, Sweet Home: Gender in the Antebellum Household.” Omeka RSS,
“Redefining Gender Roles .” McGraw-Hill Connect, connect.mheducation.com/connect/hmEBook.do?setTab=sectionTabs.