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The cult of domesticity

Women faced limited options.
Women were only allowed to involve themselves in activities regarding the home or family after marriage.
House work and child became the only proper activities for a women this tradition became known as the cult of domesticity.
When a women married everything became the husbands.

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By Alexandra Gerardi

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