Did you know there was a historical movement called "The Cult of True Womanhood"? Its underpinnings were based on 4 moral virtues: Piety, Purity, Submissiveness, & Domesticity. Sound familiar? Today, I'll show how this old cult has re-formed into the new 'Trad Wife' movement.
Thought Co. - The Cult of Domesticity
PBS: The Cult of True Womanhood
Barbara Welter, The Cult of True Womanhood: 1820-1860, American Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 2, Part 1 (Summer, 1966), pp. 151-174 (24 pages)
*footnote 1, quote at the top: from The Young Lady's Book: A Manual of Elegant Recreations, Exercises, and Pursuits (Boston, 1830), p. 29.