History of the United States I / Unit 7 USH1 0906 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Women and Republican Motherhood
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The idea
Republican motherhood positioned women as responsible for instilling civic virtue in children, and educational opportunity expanded to support it.
In practice
Benjamin Rush promoting girls' education as essential to the republic's survival.
Where people slip
The role was a genuine enlargement and a containment at once, justifying education by its usefulness to sons.
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