Domestic ideology

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Domestic ideology had a significant impact on women in New England during the 1930s since they were often considered as inferior compared and not equal to men, hence were denied several rights which men were entitled to. Nevertheless this resulted in the rise of women’s rights as women stood firm to demand fair and equal treatment relative to men. Since the domesticity ideology favored and supported women, it was widely accepted in the south. Both men and women had positive attitudes and perception towards it hence they were receptive of it.
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According to the first essay, the impact of a domestic ideology on women in New England was immense. The women of New England in the year 1835 underwent subordination to men in both society and marriage. They also endured profound disadvantage in the economy and in education, virtual impotence in politics, as well as denial of access to official power in churches they populated. Moreover, a married woman did not have legal existence apart from that of her husband. She was not allowed to execute a will on her own. Her estate, her wages and even her person became her husband’s as soon as she took her husband’s name. Moreover, women were not allowed to vote, even though everyone was subject to the laws. Women who were widowed or not married and held properly were required to submit to taxation with no representation. In the 1830s New England, there were few paid occupations which were available for women, in school-teaching, handicrafts and industry as well as housework.
The wages of women were ¼ to ½ that of what men earned in similar work. In addition, since colleges never admitted women, women could not enter any learned profession. The relationship between this ideology and the emergence of women’s rights was an issue considering that women led the first industrial strikes in the United States in the mid 1830...