Cult of Domesticity: Baby Bumps

This is a picture of my sister Beth and me with our baby bumps on May 3rd. Beth's due date is May 22 and mine is September 20th, yet we don't look 4 months different in size!

Just what is the Cult of Domesticity?

"The Cult of Domesticity was a prevailing view among middle and upper class white women during the nineteenth century. The women who abided by these standards were generally literate, and lived in the north east, particularly New York and Massachusetts. Women were put in the center of the domestic sphere, and were expected to be a calm and nurturing mother, a loving and faithful wife, to be passive and delicate creature."(Wikipedia)

Okay...so I don't really fit that mold, being a highly independent woman, but I remembered the term from college and thought it would make a good blog title since I'm a new wife and homeowner!

Cult of Domesticity

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Baby Bumps

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