Thesis: The unfeasible expectations set by the Cult of Domesticity instigated change in the extent to which its elements were followed.


Outline:

A. Intro

B. Cult of Domesticity:
I. Domesticity
1.Definition/Overview
2. Alice Morse Earle
II. Piety
1. Definition/Overview
2. Background of religion during this time period
III. Purity:
1.Definition/Overview
2. Dating rituals?
IV. Submissiveness
1. Definition/Overview
2. Scientific Sexism
C. Examples of Women breaking the cult
-more research needed….

D. Conclusion