Ruth H. Bloch’s "Gender and Morality in Anglo-American Culture, 1650–1800" (2003) analyzes the evolution of gender roles, arguing that 18th-century "moral motherhood" redefined women's authority within a shifting cultural and religious landscape. This collection of eight essays, published by the University of California Press , investigates how profound transformations in ideology, specifically regarding domesticity and piety, reshaped female moral standing. Gender and Morality in Anglo-American Culture, 1650–1800