The Development of Domestic Ideology

1. The Development of Domestic Ideology Middle-Class Women and the Market Revolution

2. The Advent of Jacksonian Democracy • Jackson Frontier Hero • Expansion of Democracy • Fearful of Combining Economic, Political Power

3. Big Issue: Bank of the United States • Whigs: Provides Loans, Stability to Help Nation Grow • Democrats: Monster Bank that Concentrates Too Much Power

4. The Development of Domestic Ideology Middle-Class Women and the Market Revolution

5. Can People Who Have No Vote and No Property Influence Politics? • Yes. B. No.

6. BEFORE Domestic Ideology:Household Family Economy

7. Characteristics of Household Family Economy • No division between home and work • Patriarchal (men controlled household, including children) • Women considered inferior to men in all respects

8. Around 1750, Attitudes Slowly Began to Change • Influence of Enlightenment (Equality)

9. Around 1750, Attitudes Slowly Began to Change • Influence of Enlightenment (Equality) • Role of Women in Revolutionary War

10. Around 1750, Attitudes Slowly Began to Change • Influence of Enlightenment (Equality) • Role of Women in Revolutionary War • Falling Birthrates in Settled Areas

11. Competitive, Ambitious Analytical Corruptible Sphere: Economy and Politics (Public World) Cooperative, Self-Sacrificing Sentimental Pious, Disinterested Sphere: The Home (Private World) Domestic Ideology and Character of Men, Women MEN WOMEN

12. Depicting Differences between Men and Women

13. Sentimentality & Domestic Ideology

14. Market Revolution Solidified Domestic Ideology • Division of labor changed; men worked outside of home • Domestic ideology made economic change less frightening!

15. Republicanism, Virtue, and Domestic Ideology

16. Domestic Ideology Helped Calm Fears about “Virtue” • Women could act as a moral counterweight to men. • Women could educate children about proper republican virtues.

17. Domestic Ideology Limited Political and Economic Opportunities for Women • Women could NOT participate in politics (no right to vote). • Married women could not hold jobs.

18. Which of the Following is True about Domestic Ideology? • A. Glorified Women’s Work in the Home • B. Devalued Women’s Work in the Home • C. Both A and B (I haven’t done the reading and I’m hoping this is a trick question).

19. Under Separate Spheres, Women Could not Work • A. Yes-- the whole idea is that women are excluded from public life. • B. No—this is to easy and must be another trick question.

20. Some Advantages for Womenin Domestic Ideology • Control of the Household

21. Some Advantages for Womenin Domestic Ideology • Control of the Household • Expanded Educational Opportunities

22. Some Advantages for Womenin Domestic Ideology • Control of the Household • Expanded Educational Opportunities • Interaction with Other Women: “Bonds of Womanhood”

23. Did Domestic Ideology Describe Reality for Most Women? • Yes, of course—it was the dominant middle-class way of thinking. • No—Most women were not middle class.

24. Did Domestic Ideology Describe Reality for Most Women? NO!!

25. Women Excluded from Domestic Ideology Northeast: Farm Families, Poor Women, and Immigrants West: Most Rural Women South: Most White Women and All Slave Women

26. Yet Domestic Ideology Still Very Important! • White Middle Class Grew Rapidly; Powerful in Politics, Economy • Domestic Ideology Dominated Culture and Literature • “Outsiders” Sometimes Sought Respectability through Domestic Ideology