According to nineteenth-century American society, who would be a good representative of the "cult of domesticity"?

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The "cult of domesticity" was a prevailing ideology in the U.S. during the nineteenth century that emphasized the importance of women's roles as mothers and homemakers. As such, a housewife would be considered a good representative of this ideology. A "spinster" (a term used to refer to an unmarried woman, often with negative connotations) would not fit this ideal, nor would a single woman factory worker or a prostitute, who were often stigmatized as being outside the bounds of respectable society.

According to Nineteenth-Century American Society, Who Would Be a Good