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How did the idea of True Womanhood affect the role of women in society in the 1800s?
It enabled women to get an education and compete for jobs.
It gave women increased freedom to get involved in politics.
It created educational and career barriers for women.
It opened up employment opportunities for women.

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It created educational and career barriers for women.

The "Cult of True Womanhood" (or "cult of domesticity") idealized piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity, confining women to home and family roles and limiting their access to higher education, professions, and political life.