"those who urged women to become missionaries and form tract societies . . have changed the household utensil to a living energetic being and they have no spell to turn it into a broom again." what did lydia maria child mean by this statement?

North American middle-class women of the early twentieth century were inspired by the evangelistic ideas. Their missionary task was to provide spiritual and moral values to their families. This statement by Lydia Maria represents the changing ideas of that time. It meant that their role is redefined in society and they would only walk ahead with it.

an era of negotiation.

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