This ideal, known at The Cult of True Womanhood, was presented to women of the nineteenth century by women's magazines, annuals, and religious literature (Welter 151). ... In lower- and middle-class societies, if a woman happened to work after marriage, her earnings also belonged to her husband. ... From a young age, Edna lived a "dual life -that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions" (Chopin 277). ... Edna did not love him but was initially flattered by his love and devotion. ...

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