Task #1: Chapter 9 suggests that “traditional marriage” is a loaded phrase and also covers the cult of domesticity. Answer the following prompt questions in the next section after reading the required prompt reading from a 1954 home economics textbook article titled, “How to Be A Good Wife.”
Task #2: Required Prompt Reading: How to be a Good Wife (1954) Home Economics Article.

Task #3: Address the following prompt in its entirety:

What do people usually mean when they use the phrase traditional marriage? Is that type of marriage, in fact, traditional? By what measure?
Did marriages at the time of the idealized “traditional marriage,” in fact, live up to the ideal?
Could you argue that other marital practices are more or equally traditional? Which ones and how so?
What makes a marriage “traditional” versus “modern”? What is at stake in the public conversation about “traditional marriage?”
In your own words, discuss what is the cult of domesticity? 
Based on your understanding of the Chapter 9 material, why did the cult of domesticity work so well under the breadwinner/housewife marriage pattern? 
What is the role of the economy, technological innovations, medical advances, political changes, and educational needs to marital patterns? Discuss at least two of these factors and the role that they play in marital arrangements.
Task #4: After reviewing the supplemental reading, select one of the following options and write a short three-to-five sentence advice column similar to the “How To Be A Good Wife” (1954) reading:

How to be a Good Wife 2021.
How to be a Good Husband 2021.
How to be a Good Partner 2021.