Question

Which 1850s social norm is reflected in the excerpt about white women? the idea that women should look delicate and be handled delicately the idea that women should avoid too many intellectual pursuits the idea that women should devote themselves to becoming a mother the idea that women should be more practical and less sentimental

Answer 1

Answer:

The 1850s social norm reflected in this excerpt is that women are meant to be objects and trophies, as well as maids to their husbands in order to be approved by society.

Explanation:

Women in the 1850s are shown, in this excerpt, as poised, elegant, yet also very motherly and proper. The only reason women existed, in this social norm, was to reproduce and do everything elegantly, from taking care of their children, to looking good.