... a woman were domesticity, piety, purity, and submissiveness. This ideal, known at The Cult of True Womanhood, was presented to women of the nineteenth century by women's magazines, annuals, and religious literature (Welter 151). Women were made to believe that all would be lost if she violated this restrictive feminine code. Although strong voices were raised against this view of women, they ... social reform (Green 10). As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the southern lady, long condemned to life on a pedestal, cautiously stepped down and stood her ground. This was the era, in w...

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