... in the home was literature and books urging women to subordinate themselves to their husbands (Epstein/Easton 93). This literature put the home at the center of a woman's life with child rearing the most important aspect of home. Women then became willing to follow the leanings of society and remain at home. Of course, the women had to be able to do ... many developed the desire to rebel (Epstein/Easton 97). There was also the feeling for some that they were failing in child rearing. They were being told that the "most primary and inviolable of human ties was the one between mother and ...

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