An American Woman Of A Different American Era

“Christianity can be proved to be the safest and highest ally of man’s nature, physical, moral, and intellectual, that the world has yet known. It protects his physical nature at every point by plain, stringent rules of general temperance and moderation. To his moral nature it gives the pervading strength of healthful purity. To his intellectual nature, while on one hand it enjoins full development and vigorous action, holding out to the spirit the highest conceivable aspirations, on the other it teaches the invaluable lessons of a wise humility. This grand and holy religion, whose whole action is healthful, whose restraints are all blessings–this gracious religion, whose chief precepts are the love of God and the love of man–this same Christianity confirms the subordinate position of woman, by allotting to man the headship in plain language and by positive precept. No system of philosophy has ever yet worked out in behalf of woman the practical results for good which Christianity has conferred on her. Christianity has raised woman from slavery and made her the thoughtful companion of man; finds her the mere toy, or the victim of his passions, and it places her by his side, his truest friend, his most faithful counselor, his helpmeet in every worthy and honorable task. It protects her far more effectually than any other system. It cultivates, strengthens, elevates, purifies all her highest endowments, and holds out to her aspirations the most sublime for that future state of existence, where precious rewards are promised to every faithful discharge of duty, even the most humble. But, while conferring on her these priceless blessings, it also enjoins the submission of the wife to the husband, and allots a subordinate position to the whole sex while here on earth. No woman calling herself a Christian, acknowledging her duties as such, can, therefore, consistently deny the obligation of a limited subordination laid upon her by her Lord and His Church.”

Susan Fenimore Cooper (1813-1894)
American Author



In God's eternal plan the man is nothing without the man, nor the woman without her mate. As the world creates woman into images and degrades their divine nature of motherhood, the younger generation of girls are being raised in a world that tries to brand in their mind they are nothing more than a figure. As the world wins the battle and slowly tears young women away from their true beauty that is found in becoming a mother in the home, the resposiblity of women is being changed and altered for the worst. No longer should the woman learn all things, being educated and well-spoken in order to teach children in their home, but they are to be consumed in their image and personal gain. Christianity is the only saving hope to maintain the beauty found in a mother teaching, educating and raising a child to become the saving hope for future generations.