She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
In the setting of Proverbs 31:10-31 the verse defines the true sphere and rights of woman as thorough knowledge and training in every department of domestic labor. A daughter of Eve falls far below her elevated place when ignorant of practical duties, and fulfills it when she learns to take a regular responsible share at home from nine or ten years old. That share includes cutting, making, and mending clothing, preparing wholesome food, washing, sweeping, dusting, and working in kitchen and garden. Such domestic skill is beyond price and essential to family happiness and proper regulation of the home.
It outweighs painting, fancy work, music, cube root, or rhetoric in importance, and gives healthful exercise in place of useless amusements. Every young lady so educated, if called to be wife and mother, will preside as a queen in her own domain. She will be fully competent to guide and instruct her children and direct her servants, or if need be to minister with her own hands to the wants of her household. She will understand the human body and hygiene, diet and dress, labor and recreation, and the best methods of treating disease so she can care for her children in sickness instead of leaving them to stranger nurses and physicians.
In the setting of Proverbs 31:10-31 the verse defines the true sphere and rights of woman as thorough knowledge and training in every department of domestic labor. A daughter of Eve falls far below her elevated place when ignorant of practical duties, and fulfills it when she learns to take a regular responsible share at home from nine or ten years old. That share includes cutting, making, and mending clothing, preparing wholesome food, washing, sweeping, dusting, and working in kitchen and garden. Such domestic skill is beyond price and essential to family happiness and proper regulation of the home.
It outweighs painting, fancy work, music, cube root, or rhetoric in importance, and gives healthful exercise in place of useless amusements. Every young lady so educated, if called to be wife and mother, will preside as a queen in her own domain. She will be fully competent to guide and instruct her children and direct her servants, or if need be to minister with her own hands to the wants of her household. She will understand the human body and hygiene, diet and dress, labor and recreation, and the best methods of treating disease so she can care for her children in sickness instead of leaving them to stranger nurses and physicians.