'The property of a family belongs to the men of the family, no matter about the title. ... All the while, Alexandra is a strong and responsible character who rightfully owned the land, and successfully owned it, even purchasing several surrounding farms. ...
Sarah Hale was born in New Hampshire in 1788 and grew up, like most people of her time, on a farm. ... And Ladies Magazine was also a strong proponent of educating women in order to increase their superiority as wives and mothers, and prepare them for any emergency in which they might have to step in and support their families. ...
She was a part of a prestigious, "major family network of Boston's South Shore"(Akers 3) and her father was a Congregational minister in a society that held its clergy in highest regard. ... While remaining in the domestic sphere she struggled with wartime shortages and inflation, ran a farm with least of help and educated her four children when their formal education was interrupted. ... Mary Todd, like Abigail Adams came from a distinguished family of pioneer settlers of Kentucky and belonged to the aristocracy of Lexington, with exuberant social life and a firm private education. ... (...
In rural areas men typically labored with their wives to work the farms and produce area crops. ... However, not only would she would have to live with the families in the area, but oftentimes would have to accept less than half of the wages that would have been offered to a male teacher (Ward 91). ...
