Essay On Republican Motherhood

Eliza Garfield showed republican motherhood in a wonderful way, because she gave everything she had so James Garfield was never left hungry, unclothed, or uneducated after her husband had died. She gave her entire life savings to James Garfield so he was able to attend a semester of college, and he worked as a janitor for the rest of his tuition although because he was such a smart student he was able to get a job as a professor. Lucretia Garfield, James’ wife, also showed republican motherhood because a lot of time while Garfield was away from Ohio before he was elected Lucretia had all the children on her own and had to fend for them.
Garfield’s lack of greatness in his nominating address for John Sherman brought the division of the republican party into factions. The industrial revolution also brought division throughout the United States. Leftover issues from the civil war divided the citizens and the country.
Those who were part of machine politics, the Stalwarts, made it hard for the lower class to find jobs to support their lives. The Stalwarts wanted corruption. However as Garfield was giving
The most moving talk being when the students of an all black university came to just to hear his wise words and jubilee singers stood in front of his porch “serenading” him.
Although one thing I didn’t understand was why Charles Guiteau thought killing James Garfield was what God wanted. Wouldn’t that be the devil speaking to him, not god? He believed that because of his murder of Garfield he would be famous. Guiteau bought a fancy gun to shoot Garfield with believing it would be in a museum someday. Why did Guiteau believe that using a gun was the way to kill him, why did he believe any way of killing was okay? Shooting Garfield led to his execution, to which he was