Cult of True Womanhood
True or False: Only men believed in the Cult of True Womanhood.
False: There were also women who believed that the only place for a woman was in the home
What was a maternal society?
Women meeting weekly to pray and share their experiences as mothers
Define “cent societies”
Cent societies met weekly to collect a penny from each member, while others might have collected fixed annual dues or just depended for resources on the sale of handcrafted items.
What was one of the first nationally organized missionary activities boards for women called?
The Christian Women’s Board of Missions
T or F- The support of women was vital for the spread of Christianity in the 19th century.
SOOOOO TRUE
Define “Cult of True Womanhood”
The Cult of True Womanhood describes a woman who was submissive, morally pure, and pious. She found happiness in her role as wife and mother.
Maternal societies emphasized the importance of teaching religion and morality to children. What resulted from this emphasis?
Sunday Schools
The Boston Female Society for Female Missionary Services (beginning of local women’s missionary groups) was created by?
Mary Webb
Who started the Christian Women’s Board of Missions?
Caroline Neville Pearre
T or F- while volunteer societies were important to many women, they did not contribute much monetarily.
False. Women contributed great sums of money to voluntary societies.
True or False. In this time period, women were seen as morally and spiritually inferior to men.
False
Who established the Benevolent Association of the Christian Church?
Sarah Matilda Hart
T or F- Women’s missionary groups solely focused on local missions?
False, their focus shifted to overseas missions.
T or F, The Christian Women’s Board of Missions carried on both home and foreign work, to employ both men and women, and to be managed entirely by women.
True
T or F- Voluntary societies were one of the first times women had a chance to use their physical and mental resources outside of the home.
True
Where was the women’s sphere of influence?
Her home
The original mission of women’s benevolent groups?
To take care of the sick and poor
Which decade did the female missionary society finally have an accepted place in American church life?
1820s
Who was the first full-time organizer for the African-American Auxiliary
Sarah Lue Howard Bostick
Name an example of the legacy of women’s voluntary societies throughout history or today.
Why were men seen to interact with their children less and less during this period of thought?
They were seen as a moral liability to those around them.
Name one of the reform associations started by women (Maddie discussed them in the PowerPoint)!
Women’s Christian Temperance Movement, New York Female Moral Reform Society, Women’s Rights Movement
Name the three main types of missionary women in the missionary field.
the missionary wife, women taking part in voluntary societies at home, single women.
Who was the first field secretary for the Christian Women’s Board of Missions among African-Americans?
Rosa Brown Bracy
Name another example of the legacy of women’s voluntary societies throughout history or today.
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