What were the visions of republican womanhood that emerged during the Revolutionary War era? Compare and contrast these different visions of republican womanhood. How was the ideology of Republican womanhood limited by race or class?

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1. Discuss how a moderate ideology of Republican Motherhood, for more equality and educational opportunities, developed from the assertions of republican women such as Abigail Adams following the American Revolution.
2. Note how the moderate ideology of Republican Motherhood emphasized women advising their husbands and children to become active citizens and raising another generation of virtuous republican daughters and sons at home.
3. Discuss the intellectual sources and development of the more radical ideology in republican womanhood which emphasized total equality for women, an equality that included equal education, co-education (girls and boys), and political education. Note how this "full equality" ideology of republican womanhood insisted that women were equal to men in every respect.
4. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between these two competing republican women ideologies in the areas of education, political involvement, and the moral protection responsibilities inside the home.
5. Discuss the manifestation of the idea of republican womanhood in the development of separate private academies and more direct roles in politics such as petitioning Congress and state legislatures.
6. Discuss how servants and working women were not included in the opportunities for education nor in the actions to influence the development of republican virtue and active citizenship among husbands, sons, and daughters.
7. Discuss how only middle- and upper-middle class white women were expected to be the guardians of sexual morality.
8. Write an effective and concise conclusion.