Examples of Republican
Motherhood in the following topics:
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- Republican Motherhood, while maintaining women's role in the private sphere, gave women more rights to education.
- "Republican Motherhood" describes a kind of civic duty.
- Many Christian ministers actively promoted the ideals of Republican Motherhood.
- The period of Republican Motherhood is hard to categorize in the history of feminism.
- Explain the concept of "Republican Motherhood" and how it shaped the role of women in American society
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- These organizations were initially relatively rare, however, and patriot women adopted what is now commonly called "Republican Motherhood," which meant instilling in their children republican values and ideals that would prepare them to be good citizens, so that the new American Republic could continue to prosper and persevere.
- Describe how the ideal of "Republican Motherhood" restricted women from the public arena during the American Revolution
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- With a growing emphasis on republicanism, women were expected to help promote these values through an idea that became known in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as "Republican Motherhood."
- Especially influential were the writings of Lydia Maria Child, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, and Lydia Sigourney; by the 1840s, these New England writers became respected models and were advocates for improving education for females for the purpose of promoting the values of republicanism.
- Lydia Maria Child, pictured above, helped popularize the idea of "Republican Motherhood," which called for improved education for females.
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- During the Revolutionary Era, women were increasingly placed in
positions to educate future generations in the ways of republicanism.
- The
“Republican Motherhood” came to encompass the concept that women played a role
in instilling civil values and morality in their husbands and children.
- In this way, the Republican
Motherhood, though still relegating women’s contributions to the domestic
sphere, raised the importance of women’s civic contributions on a national
level and allowed them greater influence in the public sphere.
- In the longer term, the Republican Motherhood
contributed to women’s involvement in abolitionism and women’s rights.
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- This pamphlet was responsible for broadly disseminating the idea of republicanism, bolstering enthusiasm for separation from Britain, and encouraging recruitment for the Continental Army.
- However, women were also increasingly put in the position of educating future
generations in the ways of republicanism during this time.
- The "Republican
Motherhood" came to encompass the concept that women played a role in
instilling civil values and morality in their husbands and children.
- In this
way, Republican Motherhood, though still relegating women’s contributions to
the domestic, or private sphere, raised the importance of women’s civic contributions
on a national level and encouraged the further education of women.
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- The idea of republican motherhood was born in this period and reflects the importance of Republicanism as the dominant US ideology.
- Republicanism assumed that a successful republic rested on the virtue of its citizens, and required intelligent and self-disciplined citizens to form the core of the new republic.
- Some women of the newly independent nation, especially the wives of elite republican statesmen, began to campaign for equality under the law between husbands and wives and for the same educational opportunities as men.
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- The Republican Motherhood
evolved as a concept during this period, reflecting the importance of
republicanism as a dominant American ideology.
- Because the concept of
republicanism required a virtuous citizenry on which a successful republic
could then rest, women were perceived as fulfilling an essential role in the
household, instilling children with values conducive to a healthy republic.
- Republicanism also affected a wife’s relationship with her husband, with
virtues such as love and affection becoming more essential to the ideal marital
relationship than obedience and subservience.
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- These organizations were initially relatively rare, however, and Patriot women soon fulfilled the role of Republican Motherhood (by instilling in their children the Republican values and ideals that would prepare them to be good citizens).
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- The Republican Party was formed out of a loose coalition of Northern
ex-Whigs who resented Southern political power.
- Republicans
were opposed to the perceived "anti-modernity" of the Southern slave
culture and rallied behind the slogan of “Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men,”
which they argued was representative of classical American republicanism.
- This ideology cast the Republicans as the true heirs of the Jeffersonians.
- However,
it is important to note that mainstream Republicans were not inherently
antislavery or abolitionist.
- Explain why the Republican Party emerged after the collapse of the Whig Party
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- Prior to this, Republicans had not held the majority of governorships since 1972.
- Republican George Allen won the Virginia governorship.
- Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison took a senate seat from the Democrats in Texas.
- The 1994 elections also ushered in a great number of Republican freshmen.
- In the Senate, 11 of 54 (20%) Republicans were freshmen.