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What was life like for the women at the Lowell Mills and how did this compare to the images of women expressed in the prints and Godey’s Lady’s Book?

Assignment instruction discussion 4: The image of true womanhood (also referred to as the “cult of domesticity”, or “separate spheres”) was a powerful one in antebellum America, but it often did not match up with women’s experiences, particularly if they were not born into the white middle class. Defining the interplay of myth and reality […]