Which of the following statements is NOT true about the role of middle-class women in the first half of the 1800s?
a. Mothers forfeited to the new public schools their roles as moral guides for their children.
b. Women were seen as the moral and cultural arbiters of society.
c. Women were no longer important as a source of income for the family.
d. The new concept of domesticity clearly marked women's role as "in the home" and men's role as "in the world."
e. Women were seen as being of a higher moral quality than men.
Ans: a. Mothers forfeited to the new public schools their roles as moral guides for their children.
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