Nineteenth century wives and mothers didn't just stay home; they were activists and religious leaders.
Fox cottage was the family home of the Fox sisters, who started the Spiritualist movement of the mid-1800s.the mantle of historical memory by tracing a line from Victorian wives and mothers to idealized 1950s housewives to themselves. They claim to be a new generation rediscovering womanly ideals despite the efforts of feminists to dupe women. They argue that women were once safe under patriarchal protection, able to revel in domesticity, and returning to that state would improve lives.
For example, Jack Lillie, a musician, deferred to his ambitious wife, R. S., a gifted medium who traveled the American west lecturing about Spiritualist theology. In 1889, Lily Dale’s first historian, Josh Ramsdell labeled R. S. Lillie the “queen of the Spiritualistic speakers and teachers” who could hold “the interests of larger audiences than any women it has ever been our pleasure to hear.” Jack Lillie recognized his wife’s gifts and dedicated himself to her career.
Rochester medium Elizabeth “Libbie” Lowe Watson epitomized the women of Lily Dale. She began her public career as a preacher and medium in her early teens. She married oil tycoon Jonathan Watson, also a Spiritualist, in 1861. In addition to raising nine children, Libbie continued her ministry. She also advised her husband’s business decisions through her mediumship.
That meant advocating for temperance and women’s suffrage. For example, while women were initially excluded from the Temperance movement, they bore the brunt of their husbands’ alcoholism because they had no control over how men spent their wages, and no recourse for spousal abuse, rape, or neglect. That drove their activism, which transformed the movement.
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