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Were the "cult of domesticity" and the rise of the child centered family signs of an improvement or a restriction in women's status and condition (1790-1860)
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Daniel Mieras Were the "cult of domesticity" and the rise of the child centered family signs of an improvement or a restriction in women's status and condition (1790-1860) The "Cult of Domesticity" also known as the "cult of true womanhood" developed as family lost its function as economic unit. Prior to the late 1700's the family worked together to make whatever was needed to survive. Women and children's contributions to the family were as important as the males. The surfacing of a market economy where males were able to make a living at professions other than farming changed the way the family unit functioned. With the new system children were able to stay at home which forced the women to have to stay home as well to care for them. Another support for the appearance of child-centered families and the "cult of domesticity" was the emergence of a new class, which...
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