ABSTRACT
Wholly agreeing with these maxims, the genteel female
shrank from the mere thought of equality and pursued her ac-
customed ways. The hand that rocked the cradle did not stray
from its appointed task; no general exodus took place from
the home into the world of men. No new firebrand appeared to
challenge the old assumptions or threaten the settled habits
of family life. The insistence on sphere therefore subsided,
and the new century reached its quarter mark with the tradi-
tional code still officially in force.
