What Was Considered the "Proper" Sphere for Middle-Class White Women

question 20

Multiple Choice

What was considered the "proper" sphere for middle-class white women in the nineteenth century?

• A) helping with her husband's small business
• B) being involved in the arts and literature
• C) keeping house and raising a family
• D) working on tasks that did not need physical strength
• E) wage-earning outside the home

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