ers to provide their children with a healthy diet, fresh air, and wholesome activities. Many women took to the water cure; a place where they could cure their physical ailments along with their psychological ones. Women went to these spa like places sometimes for months at a time. During their stay they were doused with the healing pows of hydopathy in many ways. They were wrapped in wet towels, took steam treatments, and were required to drink gallons of water (Sklar 185). The water cure also served as a place were women could talk freely about thier health problems and educate ea other. Domesticity for the white middle class woman during the nineteenth century reform opened many doors for women. The success of moral reform is not as important as it’s accomplishment of tapping into the energies of women in the emerging middle class. men were able to finally articulate heir frustration and aspirations. The achievements of this time was a precedent for other movements and for women’s continued activism following generations....
