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**Theme:** Women **Topic: ** Changes for women from Revolution to Civil War; Republican Motherhood, Cult of Domesticity **Free Response Question**: Discuss the changing ideals of American womanhood between the American Revolution (1770s) and the outbreak of the Civil War. What factors fosters the emergence of “republican motherhood” and the “cult of domesticity”? Assess the extent to which these ideals influenced the lives of women during this period. In your answer be sure to consider issues of class and race. Introductory Paragraph **Setting:** Following the Revolutionary War, America has reputation for equality and social democracy… What about women? **Basis for Analysis**: The birth of the Republican Motherhood and the “cult of domesticity”and women's reaction to them may be examined through the lenses of politics, economics, and society. **Partitions**: Economically, socially, politically Jobs: Women teach, men hold government positions and such Abolition: Led by women in some cases like Harriet Beecher Stowe Women’s rights: Seneca Falls **Thesis:** From the Revolution to the Civil War, the ideal of womanhood was redefined due to their new opportunities in the workforce, their work in abolition, and the fight for women’s rights.

**Partition 1:** Jobs Philadelphia Young Ladies Academy: School for specific "womanly" pursuits like needlework Consumer goods: Women can now purchase things like clothing, soaps, etc. that they had to previously make themselves, leaving them more time to spend on other occupations Lowell System: Young girls go work in factories because this system makes the work more appealing with incentives Separate spheres: Men and women each do their own thing - women stay at home or do womanly jobs like housecleaning, men hold jobs like government positions; earn more money

**Partition 2:** Abolition Harriet Tubman: Underground Railroad Sojourner Truth: Escaped slave; sues white man for her son’s freedom and wins; gives “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech Elizabeth Cady Stanton:Speech before Female Anti-Slavery Society - recognizes connection between abolition and women's rights Grimké sisters: Anonymous letter to William Lloyd Garrison that was published in //The Liberator//, "Appeal to the Christian Women of the South (1836)" encourages women to join abolitionist movement, give abolitionist speeches

** Partition 3: Women's Rights ** Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions: Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, echoes Declaration of Independence and says that women deserve more rights Abigail Adams: “remember the ladies” in a letter to her husband (very early on, she advocated women's rights to a point) Daughters of Liberty: Supported independence, early movement

General Information: Industrial Revolution: 1750-1850 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Underground Railroad and other general abolitionist actions