Throughout much of the nineteenth century,middle-class American women were confined by a cultural ideology that dictated that they

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Middle-class American women in the nineteenth century were expected to exist within the private sphere of the household, where their primary roles were domestic and maternal. They were not encouraged to work outside the home or extend their sphere of influence beyond the domestic realm.

Throughout Much of the Nineteenth Century,middle-Class American Women Were Confined