The "Cult of Female Domesticity" Was the Notion That Women

The "cult of female domesticity" was the notion that women should

A) share in the responsibility of providing a living for the family.
B) be kept on a pedestal so that their husbands did not mistreat them.
C) hold out for marriage to men who would treat them as equals.
D) be the protectors of the home and family life rather than wage earners.
E) recognize their inability to compete with men in the dog-eat-dog world of business and instead focus on farm work.