Abolitionist Movement: Temperance And Suffrage Movements

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Abolitionist movement, as well as the Temperance and Suffrage movements, women were expected to embody the traditional values represented by the home” (10-12). Women were expected to live up to extremely high standards according to society. Women overall strived to better their lives, and to mean more to society. There were many high expectations for women. They were mainly expected to protect the family while the men provided for the family. They were expected to also be educated, which was hard in the 19th century. Another writer stated that, “Without the creation of the separate female gendered domestic sphere, the process of developing a male centered corporate culture would not have been possible” (Thomas 11-12). If women were to work