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The "Cult of True Womanhood" has greatly influenced society throughout all of America's history. This set of standards was first accepted and practiced by all of the European colonies. They were then passed through the generations and, in many cases, still exist. ....

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.... Purity speaks for itself. Women were expected to stay abstinent until marriage. Submissiveness means that the woman should, once married to a man, completely devote herself to him, carrying out his every wish within her power. One very powerful sentence in the essay well represents the woman's goals and values well according to "The Cult of True Womanhood." It states, "Marriage improves the female character, not only because it puts her in the best possible tuition, that of the affections, and affords scope to her active energies, but because it gives her higher aims, and a more dignified position." In my opinion, this means that marriage improves ....