Husband Quotes
This quote is from notes by James Beck, October 8, 1861 on which he later enscribed "I do not vouch for the correctness of this by any means as my experience is that the memory of man is treacherous. – JA Beck”
The issue of women working or homemaking has been in controversy for the last century. This quotation illustrates the classic view that was held not only by Mormons but other denominations and even some secular advocates of the importance of a full time homemaker for the upbringing of children. Nonetheless, the economic pressure, together with changing notions of gender equality, have a larger and larger proportion of women working outside the home. Historically, this has been more common in poorer families but currently is common in middle and upper class families.
These murders were punished by burning at the stake and other gruesome forms of execution as if a king had been murdered.
In this famous declaration, Stanton summarized the relative status of men and women in the society at that time. Women then could not control their own property, have their own money. “Chastisement” referred to the fact that a husband could then legally discipline his wife physically and beat her if she were not suvviciently obedient.