Image: Johnny Rory. Republican Motherhood for APUSH. Apprend.https://apprend.io/apush/period-4/republican-motherhood/
Interviewee: Natalie Schmalzel
Brief:
The focus on the paper is the concept of Republican motherhood and the gained traction of the idea of Republican Motherhood and whether it represents an expansion or contraction of rights for women. The status of women in the 1790s reveal the different reaction towards Republican Motherhood and other women. For instance, Mary Wollstonecraft and Catherine Macauley are English women that influence the debate of Republican Motherhood and the roles that were given to women. To understand the ideology of Republican Motherhood, we must know the roles and status women had before the American Revolution, during, and the aftermath of the war and the growing demands for Women’s rights.