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Literary
July 9, 1846
Port Gibson Herald
Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi
What is this article about?
This prose reflection praises the central role of women in families and society, emphasizing their governance of the home, cultivation of virtue, and foundational influence on children's moral and intellectual development.
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OCR Quality
95%
Excellent
Full Text
WOMAN.—The good government of families leads to the comfort of communities, and the welfare of states. Of every domestic circle woman is the centre. Home that scene of purest and dearest joy. home is the empire of woman. There she plans, directs, performs; the acknowledged source of dignity and felicity. When female virtue is most pure, female sense is most approved, female deportment most correct, there is most propriety of social manners. The early years of childhood, those most precious years of life and opening season, are confined to woman's superintendance; she therefore may be presumed to lay the foundations of all the virtues, and all the wisdom that enrich the world.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Woman
Family
Virtue
Home
Childhood
Social Manners
Literary Details
Key Lines
Home Is The Empire Of Woman.
When Female Virtue Is Most Pure, Female Sense Is Most Approved, Female Deportment Most Correct, There Is Most Propriety Of Social Manners.
She Therefore May Be Presumed To Lay The Foundations Of All The Virtues, And All The Wisdom That Enrich The World.