History of the United States I / Unit 12 USH1 1705 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Southern Lady
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The idea
Thomas Roderick Dew of William and Mary derived woman's virtue from natural weakness, piety, grace and modesty.
In practice
Louisa Cheves McCord's eighteen fifty-three poem urging her sister not to stoop to be a man.
Where people slip
Against the ideal, women's own accounts describe the trauma of childbirth, the loss of children, and the loneliness of the plantation.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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