Study 31
docx
keyboard_arrow_up
School
St. John's University *
*We aren’t endorsed by this school
Course
1020
Subject
History
Date
Dec 6, 2023
Type
docx
Pages
2
Uploaded by hpaniagua76
Which of these businesses changed domestic life considerably for women during the first half of the
nineteenth century?
Blacksmiths
Orchards
Clothiers
Points:
1 / 1
Close Explanation
Explanation:
One of the effects of the market revolution during this era was the proliferation of new types of
businesses. Bakeries, butcher shops, and clothiers were among the new businesses providing services
traditionally performed in the home by women. The result for women in the middle and upper classes
was a significant reduction in the burden of domestic chores.
Which statement best describes a major change in the idealized view of women’s roles in the first half
of the nineteenth century?
Women should be the moral centers of the home, providing a refuge from the outside world.
Women should go to work when their children are old enough to perform the duties of the household.
Women should protect the home, working to secure doors and windows and practicing marksmanship.
Points:
1 / 1
Close Explanation
Explanation:
During this period, many prominent figures developed ideals that placed women primarily in the
domestic sphere and at the moral center of home life. In accordance with this ideal, women were
expected to maintain a safe refuge from the outside world for their children and husbands. Many
women sought to expand their influence outside the home through social reform, working to better
conditions for orphaned children, prostitutes, and the families of drunkards, and many contributed to
early civil rights concerns such as restricting slavery and opposing Indian removal efforts. This ideal,
however, was far from reality for many working women, whose jobs took up much of their time and did
not afford them the opportunity to create the domestic environments some intellectuals envisioned.
Which of these statements about women’s lives and the women’s movement during the first half of the
nineteenth century are true?
Check all that apply.
When a woman married, her legal identity was subsumed under that of her husband.
The early stages of the women’s movement were focused largely on gaining the right to vote.
Despite advocating equality for women, the first women’s right convention was closed to non-whites.
Women’s rights crusaders initially avoided claiming that men and women were inherently equal.
Points:
1 / 1
Close Explanation
Explanation:
Prior to the beginning of the women’s rights movement, women lacked even basic property rights.
Upon marrying, women’s identities were subsumed under their husbands, and their possessions and
wages were placed under their husbands’ control. Living under this system, abolitionist women like
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott decided to take action to address gender-based social and
political inequalities.
In 1848, Stanton, Mott, and three other women organized the first women’s rights convention in
Seneca Falls, New York. Stanton and other attendees at the gathering drafted a list of women’s
grievances based on the Declaration of Independence. They called it the Declaration of Sentiments and
demanded full equality for women with men. In the first stages of the movement, women focused their
efforts on a glaring political inequality; at the time, only men were allowed to vote. The movement,
although racially tolerant by the standards of the day, initially focused on the struggles of white
women, a problem that began to be addressed as figures such as Sojourner Truth shared their stories
of life as enslaved women in America.
Try Again
(3 of 3)
Continue
Your preview ends here
Eager to read complete document? Join bartleby learn and gain access to the full version
- Access to all documents
- Unlimited textbook solutions
- 24/7 expert homework help