Show Notes:
The antebellum ideal of True Womanhood is discussed. The four virtues of this ideal are described.
Sources:
Barbara Welter, "The Cult of True Womanhood: 1820-1860," American Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer 1966), 151-174.
Nancy Hewitt. "Introduction," Companion to American Women's History (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005).
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