The Cult of Domesticity

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The Cult of Domesticity was the only activities a woman could appropriately perform during her lifetime: taking care of the house and family.

Domesticity

1800s

COD = The Cult of Domesticity

Only 1 of 10 white woman worked somewhere else other than their home for money. Most woman stayed inside the property and took care of the family and house.

If woman did work outside the house, they could only earn around half of what men get payed.

Woman in the US barely had any legal rights and were "owned" by their husband.