Question

Why did Catherine Beecher not agree with the Grimke sisters' ideas?

A) Beecher believed that women only belonged in the home and in the classroom.

B) The Grimke sisters believed that women should stay at home, but Beecher disagreed.

C) All three women disagreed on abolition.

D) Beecher believed that women should have voting rights.

Answer 1

A) Beecher believed that women only belonged in the home and in the classroom.

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is A. Beecher believed that women only belonged in the home and in the classroom.

Explanation:

Catharine Beecher was considered an important person in the development of the “cult of domesticity" that took place in the 19th-century. She agreed with the Victorian idea which considered that the sphere in which a woman could have influence was the home, because in this place women would do tasks like nourishing children as well as take care of the family environment.  

Beecher also reinforced this belief with the feminism that she acquired during her early education at Sarah Pierce’s Academy. Beecher believed that men, as well as women, were equal. However, she wanted to give the feminine realm the same relevance as one of the males.