Question 1
Benjamin Wadsworth in his treatise, A Well Ordered Family, describes what the Puritan society deems to be the most ideal composition of the family. He begins by explaining the need for unity between a husband and his wife, which must be founded on love for one another. Up to this point, he captures the very essence of all types of families throughout history, whereby both men and women endeavored to be each other’s companions and, by extension, helpers. One of the most luminous figures of American history that epitomizes this concept is Eleanor Roosevelt. She was the wife of ...
