Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
The verse defines the true sphere and rights of woman as thorough, practical mastery of the household that qualifies her to be wife and mother and to preside as a queen in her own domain. That mastery means learning to cut, make, and mend clothing, to prepare food in a wholesome and palatable manner, to wash, sweep, dust, and do kitchen and garden work, and to guide and instruct children and direct servants, even ministering with her own hands to the needs of her household when necessary. It also means understanding the human body and the principles of hygiene, diet, dress, labor, and recreation, together with the best methods of treating disease, so that she can care for her children in sickness.
This training should begin when a girl is nine or ten years old by giving her a regular share of household duties under her mother and holding her responsible for how she performs them. Such training fits her to become head of a family and a useful member of society and secures the happiness and proper regulation of the family, while without it even highly educated women remain ignorant of life's practical duties and wreck family happiness. Useful domestic labor also gives healthful bodily exercise.
The verse defines the true sphere and rights of woman as thorough, practical mastery of the household that qualifies her to be wife and mother and to preside as a queen in her own domain. That mastery means learning to cut, make, and mend clothing, to prepare food in a wholesome and palatable manner, to wash, sweep, dust, and do kitchen and garden work, and to guide and instruct children and direct servants, even ministering with her own hands to the needs of her household when necessary. It also means understanding the human body and the principles of hygiene, diet, dress, labor, and recreation, together with the best methods of treating disease, so that she can care for her children in sickness.
This training should begin when a girl is nine or ten years old by giving her a regular share of household duties under her mother and holding her responsible for how she performs them. Such training fits her to become head of a family and a useful member of society and secures the happiness and proper regulation of the family, while without it even highly educated women remain ignorant of life's practical duties and wreck family happiness. Useful domestic labor also gives healthful bodily exercise.