History of the United States I / Unit 13 USH1 1851 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Catharine Beecher
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The idea
Catharine Beecher argued in eighteen forty-five that the United States had abandoned moral principle through democratic excess, leaving virtue in jeopardy amid riots and disorder.
In practice
Her claim that women could restore moral equilibrium by cultivating right and wrong in children.
Where people slip
She accepted that women were inherently more moral and nurturing, and used that premise to argue they were uniquely suited to teach.
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