Who were the 'goodwives'?

Answer 1

The Girl''s Own Annual 1927 displays a distinctly Victorian construction of womanhood which was at odds with the views of modern girls in the 1920s. This article examines the tensions created by these differing social expectations and focuses on the intergenerational debate about the role of women in work and marriage. It suggests that the magazine''s aim was consistent with government policy at the time and represents a last ditch effort to influence and control the behaviour of a rebellious generation, in an attempt to restore the prewar social order."Goodwife" was a term of address and reference, similar to Mrs., for married women in the 17th and 18th centuries. It could be shortened in a friendly manner to "Goody".

A man could be called "Goodman" in the same manner, but it wasn't as common a form of address.