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mestic sphere, but she also displays a facility for converting essentially repressive concepts of femininity and domesticity into a positive alternative system of values in which women are more influential than and superior to essential part of a woman39。 plicity in trade of the two black slaves that will result in destruction of the two families. This plicity, once ing out in the open, immediately meets strong opposition from a woman, Mrs. Shelby Thus, this conflict is cast not only in the conflict of slavery and family, but also man and woman, patriarchal institution and domestic institution. Domestic Influence of Women According to the ideology of femininity and domesticity, men39。 Power to Redeem the Fallen World Women39。 role in the fight against chattel slavery, Stowe announced her position thus: The first duty of every American woman at this time is to thoroughly understand the subject for herself, and to feel that she is bound to use her influence for the right…Above all, it seems to be necessary and desirable that we should make this subject a matter of earnest prayer. Stowe held the belief that women should be largely restricted to the women’ sphere and they influenced the world by Christian example and moral instruction. In a word, within the process of defending Christian domestic values, Stowe laid emphasis on individual sympathy and on the doctrine of Higher Laws in fight against slavery, and celebrates more ordinary women who practice not feminism and abolitionism butdomestic feminism. Stowe’s mitment to the ideology of domesticity was also closely related to her own experience of motherhood. Stowe was said to have loved being a mother and appeared to have been an unusually caring experience of motherhood was difficult. She gave birth to twins within the first year of marriage, went on to have five more children, one of whom died as a baby despite everything she could do to save the child. Stowe mourned her child39。s position is at home. Good women are first of all caring women are submissive and domestic. The cult of true womanhood The ideology of femininity and domesticity emerged in the period following the American Revolution, In agrarian society, both men and women worked in and around the home, which meant that work and domesticity were more or less integrated。 the 1st American feminist movement, reached its peak at the meeting at Seneca Falls, where feminists had spelled out their demands for full participation in American life, and there was public debate over the place of women in the life of the young republic. The world in the 19th century is very different from the modern world in which women39。s CabinDomestic Feminism under the social background It is useful for us to do some research on the background of the novel, which will be helpful for us to understand its novel that dramatizes women39。s Cabin is not like an ordinary slave story which